Roles:
- Assistant Professor, Yale School of Nursing
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Biography:
Prof. Zhao Ni is interested in using mobile technologies to prevent cardiovascular disease and HIV/AIDS. He has conducted international research at the interface of chronic diseases and mobile health in the U.S., China, and Nepal. His current projects are funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH) and focused on developing artificial intelligence chatbots to promote HIV testing and prevention in Malaysia among populations at high risk of HIV.
Before joining Yale School of Nursing, he was a Postdoctoral Associate in the Yale School of Medicine. Prof. Ni adopted mobile technologies to eliminate health disparities in healthcare among HIV/AIDS key populations, such as sexual minorities and people who inject drugs. Prof. Ni is a multiple PI (contact) and the project director of a R21/R33 project and a R21 project, respectively. He continues to conduct international research at the interface of chronic diseases and mHealth in the U.S., China, Nepal, and Malaysia.
Over the years, Dr. Ni has received several awards for his academic work including Outstanding Graduate of Yunnan Province, Yunnan Provincial Scholarship (awarded to the top 1% students), Best Intern Award, Outstanding Student Leader Award, International Dissertation Research Travel Award, FLAGS Research Award, Meritorious and Citation Award, and one of his 2020 papers was recognized by the Chinese Nursing Association as one of the most excellent papers. He gained clinical experiences as an RN in the Cardiovascular and Emergency Departments of the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, the largest medical center in Yunnan Province. Dr. Ni has published in leading peer-reviewed journals in the field of mobile health, served as a journal reviewer for 12 international, peer-reviewed, scientific journals, and presented her research work in the U.S., China, Nepal, Malaysia, and Australia.
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