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Jeannette R. Ickovics

Jeannette R. Ickovics, Ph.D.

Dr. Ickovics is an expert on women’s health, with a particular focus on HIV/AIDS, including both prevention and adjustment to disease. Her community-based research is characterized by methodological rigor and cultural sensitivity. Recent work includes two large randomized controlled trials studying effectiveness and translation of an innovative group prenatal care program to improve perinatal outcomes and reduce risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

Positions

  • Professor, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT
  • Director, Social and Behavioral Sciences Program, Yale School of Public Health
  • Director, CARE: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
  • Deputy Director, Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 1989, George Washington University, Applied Social Psychology

 

Relevant Publications

  • Ickovics, J. R. (in press). "Bundling" HIV prevention: Integrating services to promote synergistic gain. Preventive Medicine. Corrected proof.
  • Magriples, U., Kershaw, T. S., Rising, S. S., Massey, Z., Ickovics, J. R. (2008). Prenatal health care beyond the obstetrics service: Utilization and predictors of unscheduled care. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 198(1), 75.e1-75.e7.
  • Ickovics, J. R., Kershaw, T. S., Westdahl, C., et al. (2007). Group prenatal care and perinatal outcomes: A randomized controlled sample. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 110, 330—339.
  • Niccolai, L. M., Hochberg, A. L., Ethier, K. A., Lewis, J. B., & Ickovics, J. R. (2007). Burden of repeat chlamydia trachomatis infections in young women: Further uncovering the "hidden epidemic." Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, 161, 246-251.
  • Meade, C. S., & Ickovics, J. R. (2005). Systematic review of sexual risk among pregnant and mothering teens: Pregnancy as an opportunity for integrated prevention of STD and repeat pregnancy. Social Science and Medicine, 60, 661-678.

 

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