Linda Niccolai, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)Cards
Additional Titles
Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Director, HPV Working Group at Yale
Director, CT Emerging Infections Program at Yale, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
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Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
PO Box 208034, 60 College Street
New Haven, CT 06520-8034
United States
About
Titles
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
Yale School of Public Health
Associate DeanDualEpidemiology of Microbial Diseases
ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Academic Affairs
- Cancer Prevention and Control
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
- Connecticut Emerging Infections Program
- Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
- Global Health Studies
- HPV Working Group (Niccolai Lab)
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Institute for Global Health
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale Ventures
- Yale-UPR Integrated HIV Basic and Clinical Sciences Initiative
- YSPH Global Health Concentration
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 Research Interests
Public Health Interests
- View Lab Website
HPV Working Group
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Research Interests
Robert Heimer, PhD
Carlos R Oliveira, MD, PhD
Jeannette Ickovics, PhD
Jessica Lewis, PhD, LMFT
Monica Brackney, MS
Nicole Deziel, PhD, MHS
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Vaccines
Publications
2024
U.S. Women with Invasive Cervical Cancer: Characteristics and Potential Barriers to Prevention
Rosenblum H, Gargano J, Cleveland A, Dahl R, Park I, Whitney E, Castilho J, Sackey E, Niccolai L, Brackney M, Debess E, Ehlers S, Bennett N, Kurtz R, Unger E, Markowitz L. U.S. Women with Invasive Cervical Cancer: Characteristics and Potential Barriers to Prevention. Journal Of Women's Health 2024, 33: 594-603. PMID: 38608239, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2023.0462.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive cervical cancerEvaluate characteristics of womenPopulation-based descriptive studyInvasive cervical cancer diagnosisCervical cancer screeningReduce cervical cancer ratesPopulation-based surveillance sitesCervical cancer ratesIdentified potential barriersNon-white womenAdvent of screeningPotential barriersCharacteristics of womenIncident invasive cervical cancerCancer screeningPreventive careCancer ratesCervical cancerMental illnessSubstance use disordersChi-square testDescriptive frequenciesDescriptive studyMultiple barriersSurveillance sites
2023
Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Status and Correlates Among Mid-Adult Women: Connecticut, USA, 2016–2019
Sheth S, Johnson N, Sullivan E, Torres A, Oliveira C, Niccolai L. Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Status and Correlates Among Mid-Adult Women: Connecticut, USA, 2016–2019. Journal Of Women's Health 2023, 33: 28-32. PMID: 37943625, PMCID: PMC10794823, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2022.0456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsMid-adult womenVaccination statusHPV vaccinationHPV vaccineHuman Papillomavirus Vaccination StatusHPV vaccination statusHuman papillomavirus vaccinationAge 26 yearsHealth care providersCross-sectional surveyPapillomavirus vaccinationUnvaccinated womenVaccinated womenVaccine informationCare providersVaccinationAdult womenVaccineWomenBehavioral correlatesCorrelatesStatusPotential benefitsYearsParticipantsHuman papillomavirus vaccine effectiveness by age at vaccination: A systematic review
Ellingson M, Sheikha H, Nyhan K, Oliveira C, Niccolai L. Human papillomavirus vaccine effectiveness by age at vaccination: A systematic review. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 2023, 19: 2239085. PMID: 37529935, PMCID: PMC10399474, DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2239085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsVaccine effectivenessSystematic reviewHuman Papillomavirus Vaccine EffectivenessVaccine-type HPV infectionYounger ageHigh vaccine effectivenessHuman papillomavirus vaccineVaccine effectiveness studiesYounger age groupsAdolescents ages 15Adolescents ages 9HPV infectionHPV vaccineVaccine initiationPapillomavirus vaccineTime vaccinationAnogenital wartsCervical abnormalitiesCervical cancerDisease outcomeAge groupsOlder ageEffectiveness studiesAge 15AgeAcceptability of 4-poster deer treatment devices for community-wide tick control among residents of high Lyme disease incidence counties in Connecticut and New York, USA
Nawrocki C, Piedmonte N, Niesobecki S, Rowe A, Hansen A, Kaufman A, Foster E, Meek J, Niccolai L, White J, Backenson B, Eisen L, Hook S, Connally N, Hornbostel V, Hinckley A. Acceptability of 4-poster deer treatment devices for community-wide tick control among residents of high Lyme disease incidence counties in Connecticut and New York, USA. Ticks And Tick-borne Diseases 2023, 14: 102231. PMID: 37531890, PMCID: PMC10883357, DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFailure to Complete Multidose Vaccine Series in Early Childhood.
Michels S, Niccolai L, Hadler J, Freeman R, Albers A, Glanz J, Daley M, Newcomer S. Failure to Complete Multidose Vaccine Series in Early Childhood. Pediatrics 2023, 152 PMID: 37489285, PMCID: PMC10389773, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2022-059844.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsVaccine seriesVaccination patternsUS childrenAdditional vaccine doseEarly childhood immunizationVaccine dosePreventable diseaseChildhood immunizationSeries completionNumber of childrenSociodemographic factorsInsurance coverageStrong associationOptimal protectionEarly childhoodBinomial regressionChildrenDosesAssociationStructural barriersCoverage goalsVaccinationImmunizationA review of data systems for assessing the impact of HPV vaccination in selected high-income countries
Wang W, Kothari S, Khoury H, Niccolai L, Garland S, Sundström K, de Pouvourville G, Bonanni P, Chen Y, Franco E. A review of data systems for assessing the impact of HPV vaccination in selected high-income countries. Expert Review Of Vaccines 2023, 22: 161-179. PMID: 36576068, DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2023.2162505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHigh-income countriesHPV vaccinationCervical cancer prevention policyCharacteristics of HPVHuman papillomavirus vaccinationCervical screening programmeEarly detection measuresCancer prevention policiesWorld Health OrganizationPapillomavirus vaccinationCervical cancerVaccination coverageDisease outcomeScreening programElimination effortsGlobal eliminationPrevention programsTreatment programData SystemVaccinationHealth OrganizationHPVTargeted reviewPrevention policiesUnited StatesClinical and Public Health Considerations for HPV Vaccination in Midadulthood: A Narrative Review
King L, Lewnard J, Niccolai L. Clinical and Public Health Considerations for HPV Vaccination in Midadulthood: A Narrative Review. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad004. PMID: 36726535, PMCID: PMC9887268, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHPV vaccinationHuman papillomavirusNarrative reviewHPV natural historyRecurrent respiratory papillomatosisPublic health considerationsRespiratory papillomatosisOropharyngeal cancerAnogenital wartsPrevious infectionCancer casesUS guidelinesVaccinationImportant causeNatural historyAvailable evidenceSexual behaviorPatientsHealth considerationsCancerCliniciansBroad implementationGreater awarenessWide variationPapillomatosis
2022
Computable Clinical Phenotyping of Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19 in Pediatrics Using Real-World Data
Fashina T, Miller C, Paintsil E, Niccolai L, Brandt C, Oliveira C. Computable Clinical Phenotyping of Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19 in Pediatrics Using Real-World Data. Journal Of The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2022, 12: 113-116. PMID: 36548966, PMCID: PMC9969330, DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piac132.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMessaging of Different Disease Outcomes for Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: A Systematic Review
Niccolai L, Johnson N, Torres A, Sullivan E, Hansen C. Messaging of Different Disease Outcomes for Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: A Systematic Review. Journal Of Adolescent Health 2022, 72: 334-343. PMID: 36529616, DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.10.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and Concepts
2021
“The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease”: Rental Assistance Applicants’ Quests for a Rationed and Scarce Resource
Keene D, Rosenberg A, Schlesinger P, Whittaker S, Niccolai L, Blankenship K. “The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease”: Rental Assistance Applicants’ Quests for a Rationed and Scarce Resource. Social Problems 2021, 70: 203-218. PMID: 36798516, PMCID: PMC9928171, DOI: 10.1093/socpro/spab035.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
honor Fellow
National AwardExecutive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) ProgramDetails04/17/2024United Stateshonor Chair
National AwardNational Institutes of Health Study Section: Health Promotion in CommunitiesDetails07/01/2021United Stateshonor Elected Member
Regional AwardConnecticut Academy of Science and EngineeringDetails05/01/2021United Stateshonor Population Science Research Prize
Yale School of Medicine AwardYale Cancer CenterDetails01/15/2019United Stateshonor Immunization Champion for State of Connecticut
National AwardCenters for Disease Control and PreventionDetails03/01/2017United States
News
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- January 07, 2025
Maternal Vaccination During Pregnancy
- October 24, 2024
The Importance of COVID Vaccine for Pregnant Women
- June 27, 2024
YSPH joins national coalition strengthening public health preparedness
- June 27, 2024Source: Yale School of Public Health
YSPH Joins National Coalition Strengthening Public Health Preparedness
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