Jeanette Ickovics, Ph.D.

Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health
Deputy Director, Yale Center for Interdisciplinary
Research on AIDS (CIRA)

Email:
jeanette.ickovics@yale.edu

 

 

URL:
Yale School of Public Health
CIRA

Jeannette Ickovics' research focuses on women and HIV/AIDS, as well as more general research on the interaction of biomedical and psychosocial factors that promote good health and recovery. She has been engaged in clinic- and community-based research, focusing on individuals traditionally under-represented in AIDS research. Her most recent work includes pregnant teens and young women who can often be characterized by their minority status and poverty. A large NIH-funded randomized controlled trial was recently completed, documenting the effectiveness of an innovative model of group prenatal care to reduce risk for HIV and other STDs as well as improve perinatal outcomes in New Haven, CT and Atlanta GA. A translational study is now underway at 14 community health centers in New York.

Jeannette Ickovics is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and of Psychology at Yale University, and the Director of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Program at the School of Public Health. Dr. Ickovics is Director of the Office of Yale Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE), which is part of the new Yale Center for Clinical Investigation. She is also Deputy Director for the Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA), where she also serves as Director of Development /Education and Training.

 

Select Publications

Ickovics J. (In press). "Bundling" HIV prevention: Integrating services to promote synergistic gain. Preventive Medicine.

Meade C, Kershaw TS & Ickovics JR. (In press). The intergenerational cycle of teenage motherhood: An ecological approach. Health Psychology.

Kershaw TS, Lewis JB, Westdahl C, Wang YF, Rising SS, Massey Z & Ickovics JR. (In press) Using clinical decision trees to prevent sexually transmitted infections during pregnancy. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Ickovics JR , Kershaw TS, Westdahl C, Magriples U, Massey Z, Reynolds H, Rising SS, Schindler S. Group prenatal care and perinatal outcomes: A randomized controlled trial. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2007; 110: 330-339.

Niccolai LM, Hochberg AL, Ethier KA, Lewis JB, & Ickovics JR. Burden of repeat chlamydia trachomatis infections in young women: Further uncovering the "hidden epidemic." Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2007.

Ickovics, J.R., Milan, S., Vlahov, D., Boland, R., Schoenbaum, E., Schumann, P., and Moore, J.  Psychological Resources Protect Health:  Five-year Survival and Immune Function among Women with HIV from Four U.S. Cities. AIDS, 2006; 20: 1851-60.

Ickovics, J.R., Meade, C., Kershaw, T.S., Milan, S., Lewis, J., and Ethier, K. Urban Teens:  A Prospective Study of Trauma, Posttraumatic Growth and Emotional Distress among Adolescent Females. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006; 20: 1851-60.

Niccolai, L.M., Kershaw, T.S., Lewis, J.B., Cicchetti, D.V., Ethier, K.A., and Ickovics, J.R.  (2005). Data Collection for Sexually Transmitted Disease Diagnoses: A Comparison of Self-report, Medical Record Reviews, and State Health Department Reports. Annals of Epidemiology, 15(3), 236-242.

Meade, C.S. and Ickovics, J.R.  (2005). Systematic Review of Sexual Risk among Pregnant and Mothering Teens in the USA: Pregnancy as an Opportunity for Integrated Prevention of STD and Repeat Pregnancy. Social Science and Medicine, 60(4), 661-678.

Kershaw, T.S., Ethier, K.A., Milan, S., Lewis, J.B., Niccolai, L.M., Meade, C. and Ickovics, J.R.  (2005). The Influence of Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Perceived Susceptibility Patterns on Sexual Risk Reduction for Adolescent Females. Journal of Community Psychology, 33(3), 313-331.