Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health

Faculty

Farzana Kapadia

Assistant Professor of Public Health

Phone: 212.998.5223
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Farzana Kapadia is an epidemiologist whose research interests include social and behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS, reproductive health outcomes and substance abuse. Her recent research has focused on testing cognitive behavioral interventions developed to reduce risky sexual and drug using practices associated with HIV and STI transmission among adolescents and young injection drug users. She also conducts research on individual, interpersonal, and social factors influencing contraceptive use and reproductive decision making among young adults and adolescents. Kapadia recently completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in sexual and reproductive health. In addition to her research, she has taught courses in research methods in public health and introductory epidemiology at both the graduate and undergraduate levels at New York University. Kapadia received her doctorate in epidemiology from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in 2005.


Degrees Held

  • PhD Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health 2005
    Epidemiology
  • MPH New York University 1997
    Community Public Health
  • BS SUNY Binghamton 1995
    Biology and History

Publications

  • Latka MH, Kapadia F, Fortin P. The Female Condom: Effectiveness and Convenience, not "Female Control" Valued by US Urban Adolescents. AIDS Education and Prevention. 2008 Apr;20(2):160-70. (link)
  • Latka MH, Hagan H, Kapadia F, Golub ET, Bonner S, Cambell JV, Coady MH, Garfein RS, Pu, M, Thomas DL, Thiel T, Strathdee SS. A randomized intervention trial to reduce the lending of used injection equipment among injection drug users infected with hepatitis C. American Journal of Public Health. 2008;98(5):853-61. (link)
  • Kapadia F, Vlahov D, Wu Y, Cohen MH, Greenblatt RM, Howard AA, Cook JA, Goparaju L, Golub E, Richardson J, Wilson TE. Impact of drug abuse treatment modalities on adherence to ART/HAART among a cohort of HIV seropositive women. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 2008;34(2):161-70. (link)
  • Garfein RS, Golub ET, Greenberg A, Hagan H, Hanson DL, Hudson S, Kapadia F, Latka MH, Ouellet L, Purcell DW, Strathdee SA, Thiede H, for the DUIT Study Team. A peer-education intervention to reduce injection risk behaviors for HIV and hepatitis C virus infection in young injection drug users. AIDS. 2007;21:1923-32. (link)
  • Kapadia F, Latka MH, Hudson SM, Golub ET, Campbell JV, Bailey S, Frye V and Garfein RS for the CIDUS III/DUIT Team. Correlates of consistent condom use with main partners by partnership patterns among male injection drug users from 5 US cities. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2007;91(S1):S56-S63. (link)
  • Kapadia F, Latka MH, Hagan H, Golub ET, Campbell JV, Coady MH, Garfein RS, Thomas DL, Bonner S, Thiel T, Strathdee SA. Design and feasibility of a randomized behavioral intervention to reduce distributive injection risk and improve health care access among hepatitis C virus positive injection drug users: The Study to Reduce Intravenous Exposures (STRIVE). Journal of Urban Health. 2007;84:99-115 (link)
  • Kapadia F, Cook JA, Cohen MH Sohler N, Kovacs A, Greenblatt RM, Choudhary I, Vlahov D. The relationship between non-injection drug use behaviors on progression to AIDS and death in a cohort of HIV seropositive women in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy use. Addiction. 2005;100:990-1002. (link)
  • Kapadia F, Vlahov D, Des Jarlais DC, Strathdee SA, Ouellet L, Kerndt P, Morse E EV, Williams I, Garfein RS; Second Collaborative Injection Drug User Study (CIDUS-II) Group. Does bleach disinfection of syringes protect against hepatitis C infection among young adult injection drug users? Epidemiology. 2002;13(6):738-741. (link)

Presentations

  • American Public Health Association 136rd Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA October 2008.
    Oral Presentation: Influence of partner characteristics and partner perceptions on women's reproductive choices
  • Fourth National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA. June 2005.
    Oral Presentation: Correlates of consistent condom use among young, heterosexual male injection drug users recruited in 5 US cities: A report from the Collaborative Injection Drug use Study--III /Drug Users Intervention Trial
  • Third Annual Conference of the International Society for Urban Health, Boston, MA. October 2004.
    Poster Presentation: Impact of non-injection drug use behaviors on progression to AIDS and Death in a cohort of HIV+ women from 5 US Cities in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy use

Editorial Boards

Deputy Editor, American Journal of Public Health