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Danielle Ompad
Research Associate Professor, New York University
Location: New York City, NY United States
Joined: Sep 7th, 2013

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Danielle Ompad, PhD is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. She completed her BS in Biology at Bowie State University and her MHS and PhD in infectious disease epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. Dr. Ompad is an epidemiologist with extensive experience in the design, conduct and analysis of community-based cross-sectional and prospective studies focusing illicit substance use, risky sexual behavior, and adult access to vaccines in urban settings. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and New York University. She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Urban Health. Most of her research has focused on New York and Baltimore. She has also worked in China, South Africa, and Ukraine. She has authored or co-authored five book chapters and more than 70 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as the American Journal of Public Health, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Journal of Urban Health, and Substance Use & Misuse.

Education (request update)

Bowie State University class of 1996

Undergrad Major: Biology

Claim To Fame:

Recipient of Excellence in Public Health Teaching Award from the New York University MPH students in 2013. Published the following articles in the past year: Ompad D. BOOK REVIEW: Tapping into The Wire: The real urban crisis by Peter L. Beilenson and Patrick A. McGuire. J Urban Health 2013 [Epub ahead of print]. Ompad DC, Bell DL, Amesty S, Nyitray AG, Papenfuss M, Lazcano-Ponce E, Villa LL, Giuliano AR. Men who purchase sex, who are they? A cross-national study. J Urban Health 2013 [Epub ahead of print]. Halkitis PN, Kupprat SA, Hampton ME, Perez-Figueroa R, Kingdon M, Eddy J, Ompad DC. Evidence for a syndemic in aging HIV-positive gay, bisexual, and other MSM: Implications for a holistic approach to prevention and healthcare. Ann Pract Anthropol 2013;36: 363-384. Volkmann T, Wagner KD, Strathdee SA, Semple SJ, Ompad DC, Chavarin CV, Patterson TL. Correlates of Self-Efficacy for Condom Use Among Male Clients of Female Sex Workers in Tijuana, Mexico. Arch Sex Behav. 2013 Jul 11. [Epub ahead of print] The following articles are in press: Halkitis PN, Kapadia F, Ompad D, Perez-Figueroa R. Moving towards a holistic conceptual framework for understanding healthy aging among gay men. J Homosex (in press). Palamar JJ, Ompad DC. Demographic and socioeconomic correlates of powder cocaine and crack use among high school seniors in the United States. Am J Drug Alc Abuse (in press). Koblin BA, Egan JE, Rundle A, Quinn J, Tieu H-V, Cerdá M, Ompad DC, Greene E, Hoover DR, Frye V. Methods to measure the impact of home, social, and sexual neighborhoods of urban gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. PLoS One. (in press).