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Danielle C. Ompad is affiliated with New York University in the United States and is primarily engaged in research within the field of Medicine. Their work spans various subfields, including Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, and Pharmacology.

Their research focuses on several main topics, such as HIV, Drug Use, and Sexual Risk; Opioid Use Disorder Treatment; Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes; HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions; Cervical Cancer and HPV Research; Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research; and Homelessness and Social Issues.

Recent publications by Danielle C. Ompad include:

  • "They look at us like junkies": influences of drug use stigma on the healthcare engagement of people who inject drugs in New York City, 2020, Harm Reduction Journal
  • The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Drug Use Behaviors, Fentanyl Exposure, and Harm Reduction Service Support among People Who Use Drugs in Rural Settings, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • PrEP Care Continuum Engagement Among Persons Who Inject Drugs: Rural and Urban Differences in Stigma and Social Infrastructure, 2021, AIDS and Behavior
  • The Opioid/Overdose Crisis as a Dialectics of Pain, Despair, and One-Sided Struggle, 2020, Frontiers in Public Health
  • Structural and community changes during COVID-19 and their effects on overdose precursors among rural people who use drugs: a mixed-methods analysis, 2022, Addiction Science & Clinical Practice

Frequent co-authors in their body of work are:

  • Suzan M. Walters
  • John A. Schneider
  • Samuel R. Friedman
  • Emily Goldmann
  • Brandon Muncan

Danielle C. Ompad commonly publishes in venues such as:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Journal of Urban Health
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Substance Use & Misuse

Best Publications

  • Urban as a determinant of health

    David Vlahov;Nicholas Freudenberg;Fernando Proietti;Danielle C. Ompad

  • “They look at us like junkies”: influences of drug use stigma on the healthcare engagement of people who inject drugs in New York City

    Brandon Muncan;Suzan M. Walters;Jerel Ezell;Danielle C. Ompad

  • Hidden cities: unmasking and overcoming health inequities in urban settings

    Danielle Ompad

  • Prospective Evaluation of Community‐Acquired Acute‐Phase Hepatitis C Virus Infection

    Andrea L. Cox;Dale M. Netski;Timothy Mosbruger;Susan G. Sherman

  • Neighborhood Characteristics and Disability in Older Adults

    John R. Beard;John R. Beard;John R. Beard;Shannon Blaney;Magdalena Cerdá;Magdalena Cerdá;Victoria Frye

  • Access to and use of health services among undocumented Mexican immigrants in a US urban area

    Arijit Nandi;Sandro Galea;Gerald Lopez;Vijay Nandi

  • Protection of racial/ethnic minority populations during an influenza pandemic.

    Sonja S. Hutchins;Kevin Fiscella;Robert S. Levine;Danielle C. Ompad

  • Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in a New Orleans workforce following Hurricane Katrina

    Karen B. Desalvo;Amanda D. Hyre;Danielle C. Ompad;Andreas Menke

  • Identifying injection drug users at risk of nonfatal overdose.

    Phillip O. Coffin;Melissa Tracy;Angela Bucciarelli;Danielle Ompad

  • Childhood Sexual Abuse and Age at Initiation of Injection Drug Use

    Danielle C. Ompad;Robin M Ikeda;Nina Shah;Crystal M. Fuller;Crystal M. Fuller

  • High-risk behaviors associated with transition from illicit non-injection to injection drug use among adolescent and young adult drug users: a case-control study

    Crystal M. Fuller;David Vlahov;David Vlahov;David Vlahov;Danielle C. Ompad;Nina Shah

  • Defining Neighborhood Boundaries for Urban Health Research

    Linda Weiss;Danielle Ompad;Sandro Galea;Sandro Galea;David Vlahov

  • Social Determinants of the Health of Urban Populations: Methodologic Considerations

    Danielle C. Ompad;Sandro Galea;Sandro Galea;Waleska T. Caiaffa;David Vlahov

  • Correlates of intentions to use cannabis among US high school seniors in the case of cannabis legalization

    Joseph J. Palamar;Danielle C. Ompad;Eva Petkova;Eva Petkova

  • Effects of Race, Neighborhood, and Social Network on Age at Initiation of Injection Drug Use

    Crystal M. Fuller;Luisa N. Borrell;Carl A. Latkin;Sandro Galea

  • The impact of the Good Behavior Game, a universal classroom-based preventive intervention in first and second grades, on high-risk sexual behaviors and drug abuse and dependence disorders into young adulthood

    Sheppard G. Kellam;Weixu Wang;Amelia C. L. Mackenzie;C. Hendricks Brown

  • Social circumstances of initiation of injection drug use and early shooting gallery attendance: implications for HIV intervention among adolescent and young adult injection drug users.

    Crystal M. Fuller;David Vlahov;David Vlahov;Carl A. Latkin;Danielle C. Ompad

  • Powder cocaine and crack use in the United States: an examination of risk for arrest and socioeconomic disparities in use.

    Joseph J. Palamar;Shelby Davies;Danielle C. Ompad;Charles M. Cleland

  • Circumstances of witnessed drug overdose in New York City: implications for intervention

    Melissa Tracy;Tinka Markham Piper;Danielle C. Ompad;Angela Bucciarelli

  • Self-reported use of novel psychoactive substances in a US nationally representative survey: Prevalence, correlates, and a call for new survey methods to prevent underreporting

    Joseph J. Palamar;Silvia S. Martins;Mark K. Su;Danielle C. Ompad

  • Factors associated with adolescent initiation of injection drug use

    Crystal M. Fuller;David Vlahov;Amelia M. Arria;Danielle C. Ompad

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph J. Palamar
Joseph J. Palamar New York University
Magdalena Cerdá
Magdalena Cerdá New York University
Beryl A. Koblin
Beryl A. Koblin New York Blood Center
Perry N. Halkitis
Perry N. Halkitis Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California, San Diego
Carl A. Latkin
Carl A. Latkin Johns Hopkins University
Samuel R. Friedman
Samuel R. Friedman National Development and Research Institutes
Arijit Nandi
Arijit Nandi McGill University
Charles M. Cleland
Charles M. Cleland New York University
Sheppard G. Kellam
Sheppard G. Kellam Johns Hopkins University

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