Roles:
- Postdoctoral Fellow, CIRA
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Biography:
Shayla Nolen, PhD, MPH, is a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University’s Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS. Her work primarily examines the impact of social and structural factors related to racism on HIV transmission among marginalized communities of color in the United States. Methodologically, she utilizes advanced quantitative, spatial, and mathematical modeling methods for her research.
During her graduate training, Dr. Nolen received an NIAID Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31) to conduct a study evaluating the impact of interventions for addressing structural-level factors (e.g., gentrification, neighborhood disadvantage, and incarceration) on HIV transmission among African American/Black adults with a spatially dynamic agent-based model.
In addition to her work on disparities of HIV, Dr. Nolen investigates the neighborhood-level determinants of access to overdose prevention among racial/ethnic minorities. Prior to completing her PhD at Brown, she worked at Boston University Medical Center conducting cost-effectiveness research to study HCV and overdose prevention among people who inject drugs.
Dr. Nolen obtained a PhD in Epidemiology from Brown University School of Public Health, an MPH from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, and a BA in Mathematics from Fisk University.
