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Farzana Kapadia

Farzana Kapadia

Farzana Kapadia

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Professor of Epidemiology

Director of Undergraduate Programs

Professional overview

Dr. Farzana Kapadia is Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health at the NYU School of Global Public Health and at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Department of Population Health. Dr. Kapadia is also affiliated with the Institute of Human Development and Social Change and Population Center at NYU.

Dr. Kapadia has long standing research interests in understanding the social and structural drivers of HIV/STIs as well as sexual and reproductive health outcomes in underserved and marginalized populations. Dr. Kapadia has over 20 years of experience in the design, development, and implementation of observational studies and HIV/STI intervention and prevention trials in underserved and marginalized populations in urban settings, both in the US and in Africa (Ghana and Kenya).

Dr. Kapadia has a passion for teaching and mentoring. She teaches the core Epidemiology for in-coming MPH students and has also taught key epidemiology courses, including Intermediate Epidemiology and Outbreak Epidemiology at GPH as well as an HIV-related course at NYU London. The overarching goal of Dr. Kapadia’s teaching is to train students to become epidemiologists and public health practitioners who are critical and creative thinkers as well as champions and advocates for inclusive solutions to our local and global public health challenges.

In addition to her research and teaching responsibilities, Dr. Kapadia serves as the Deputy Editor for the American Journal of Public Health.

Education

BS, Biology and History, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY
MPH, Community Public Health, New York University, New York, NY
PhD, Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY

Honors and awards

Excellence in Public Health Faculty Award, New York University (2012)
Steinhardt Goddard Award (2011)
Community Collaborative Award, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development (2009)
Elected Member, American College of Epidemiology (2007)

Areas of research and study

Behavioral Determinants of Health
Behavioral Science
Epidemiology
HIV/AIDS
Reproductive Health
Social Behaviors
Social Determinants of Health
Social epidemiology
Substance Abuse

Publications

Publications

Sexual orientation and gender identity victimization among young adults in the New York City metropolitan area : The P18 cohort study

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A qualitative investigation of healthcare engagement among young adult gay men in New York City : A P18 cohort substudy

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Assessing Gaps in the HIV Care Continuum in Young Men Who Have Sex With Men : The P18 Cohort Study

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Beliefs About the End of AIDS, Concerns About PrEP Functionality, and Perceptions of HIV Risk as Drivers of PrEP Use in Urban Sexual Minority Men : The P18 Cohort Study

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El hito de 10 000 artículos

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Latent Growth Curve Modeling of Non-Injection Drug Use and Condomless Sexual Behavior from Ages 18 to 21 in Gay, Bisexual, and Other YMSM : The P18 Cohort Study

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Psychometric analysis of the life worries scale for a new generation of sexual minority men : The P18 cohort study

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Relationship cognitions and longitudinal trajectories of sexual risk behavior among young gay and bisexual men : The P18 cohort study

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Reliability and Validity of a Material Resources Scale and Its Association With Depression Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men : The P18 Cohort Study

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Sexualised drug use among sexual minority young adults in the United States : The P18 cohort study

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Structural barriers to pre-exposure prophylaxis use among young sexual minority men : The P18 cohort study

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Teaching Epidemiology at the Undergraduate Level : Considerations and Approaches

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The 10 000 paper benchmark

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A Case of Rectal Ureaplasma Infection and Implications for Testing in Young Men Who Have Sex with Men : The P18 Cohort Study

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Acceptability of ecological momentary assessment among young men who have sex with men

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Associations Between Neurocognitive Impairment and Biomarkers of Poor Physiologic Reserve in a Clinic-Based Sample of Older Adults Living with HIV

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Associations of Perceived Parental Psychopathology with Mental Health Burden and Lifetime Drug Use in Gay, Bisexual, and other YMSM : The P18 Cohort Study

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Perceptions of safety among LGBTQ people following the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting

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Personality and its Relation to Mental and Psychosocial Health in Emerging Adult Sexual Minority Men : The P18 Cohort Study

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Planned parenthood is health care, and health care must defend it : A call to action

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Preexposure prophylaxis : Adapting HIV prevention models to achieve worldwide access

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The health of the transgender community : Out, proud, and coming into their own

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The Relationship Between Social Support, HIV Serostatus, and Perceived Likelihood of Being HIV Positive Among Self-Settled Female, Foreign Migrants in Cape Town, South Africa

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A case of rectal Ureaplasma infection: molecular testing for STIs may be missing important infections in young men who have sex with men (YMSM): the P18 cohort study

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A longitudinal analysis of suicide ideation in emerging adult men who have sex with men

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Contact

farzana.kapadia@nyu.edu 708 Broadway New York, NY, 10003