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Linda Niccolai, PhD

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
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Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

Director, HPV Working Group at Yale

Director, CT Emerging Infections Program at Yale, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases

Contact Info

Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases

PO Box 208034, 60 College Street

New Haven, CT 06520-8034

United States

About

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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Director, HPV Working Group at Yale; Director, CT Emerging Infections Program at Yale, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases

Biography

Linda Niccolai is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Yale School of Public Health and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. She is an internationally recognized scholar in infectious disease epidemiology with specific interests in vaccine-preventable diseases and sexually transmitted infections. Her vaccinology research focuses on understanding uptake, impact, and effectiveness of HPV and other adolescent vaccines with an emphasis on addressing health disparities. Her STI research focuses on social and behavioral aspects of transmission dynamics and prevention. Funded by a diverse grant portfolio (NIH, CDC, and private foundations), her work is interdisciplinary by design and includes behavioral and clinical epidemiology, surveillance, and qualitative approaches.

As Director of the CT Emerging Infections at Yale, she oversees a large program of public health surveillance and applied epidemiology research focused on respiratory viruses (including SARS-CoV-2), foodborne illness, healthcare associated infections at the community interface, and HPV vaccine impact.

Dr. Niccolai is currently on the editorial board for Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and she has served as an adviser and reviewer for National Institutes of Health (including serving as chair of Health Promotion in Communities study section) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conferences and grant programs. She participated as a Fellow in the 2023-2024 Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program, a prestigious leadership program committed to advancing women for leadership positions in academic medicine.

Dr. Niccolai received her Sc.M. at Harvard School of Public Health and her Ph.D. at Tulane University. She has been teaching epidemiology methods courses to MPH, MS, and PhD students for over 20 years.

Appointments

Education & Training

PhD
Tulane University, Epidemiology (2000)
MSc
Harvard School of Public Health, Epidemiology (1995)
BS
Georgetown University, Mathematics (1991)

Research

Overview

Linda Niccolai is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health. She is Co-director of the Connecticut Emerging Infections Program at Yale and Director of the Development Core for Yale School of Public Health’s Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS. Her research focuses on sexually transmitted infections, including HPV and HIV. Dr. Niccolai is the principal investigator of project to monitor vaccine impact for human papillomavirus (funded by CDC) and also PI of an NIH-funded mixed methods study to assess barriers to uptake of HPV vaccine.

Linda Niccolai received her Sc.M. at Harvard School of Public Health and her Ph.D. at Tulane University. She is the recipient of Connecticut Infectious Disease Society Thorton Award for Best Poster Presentation in Clinical Research in Infectious Disease and Award for Excellence in Teaching at YSPH.

  • Monitoring Impact of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in Connecticut
  • Identifying and Quantifying Barriers to Uptake of HPV vaccine
  • Feasibility of a school-based intervention for HPV vaccination
  • Increasing HPV vaccination coverage among adolescents in Connecticut
  • Social determinants of HIV risk

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Communicable Diseases, Emerging; Epidemiologic Methods; Epidemiology; HIV; Human papillomavirus 11; Qualitative Research; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Vaccines

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Linda Niccolai's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

2022

2021

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Fellow

  • honor

    Chair

  • honor

    Elected Member

  • honor

    Population Science Research Prize

  • honor

    Immunization Champion for State of Connecticut

Get In Touch

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Mailing Address

Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases

PO Box 208034, 60 College Street

New Haven, CT 06520-8034

United States

Locations

  • 60 College Street

    Academic Office

    Ste 404

    New Haven, CT 06510