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Trace Kershaw, PhD

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Department Chair and Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
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Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

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Department Chair and Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences)

Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

Biography

Trace Kershaw, PhD, focuses on the social and structural determinants of health (e.g., sexual health, substance use, mental health, reproductive health) among adolescents and emerging adults. His current focus is using innovative technologic methods to understand how social (e.g., how ones friends, partners, and family) and geographic context (e.g., how the places one goes and lives) influences their behaviors and health. Further, he is an expert in developing interventions aimed to improve the health and well being of adolescents and emerging adults.


He is the Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Director of two HIV Training Grants (Yale AIDS Prevention Training, Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars), and Director of the the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA). He has twice won Mentor of the Year. He also serves on expert panels for the NIH and CDC and on several journal editorial boards.



Last Updated on April 07, 2025.

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Education & Training

PhD
Wayne State University (2000)

Research

Overview

Understanding Cell Phone Networks Using Cell Phones: This project uses Mobile Spy (www.mobile-spy.com) software to document all cell phone calls, text messages, and GPS coordinates that members of social networks make to each other to better understand how communication and information flow within networks influences health.

Medical Research Interests

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Epidemiology; Global Health; HIV; India; Maternal-Fetal Relations; Public Health; Risk Reduction Behavior; Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Public Health Interests

Community Health; Global Health; HIV/AIDS; Infectious Diseases; Maternal & Child Health; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Trace Kershaw's published research.

Publications

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2025

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Activities

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    HIV Prevention Among Sex Workers and Their Clients in India and Structural Interventions

    01/01/2011 - PresentResearch

Honors

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    Award for Excellence on Mentoring

    05/25/2008UnknownYale School of Public Health
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    Award for Excellence in Teaching, Yale School of Public Health

    01/01/2006Unknown

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Yale School of Public Health

Room 415, 60 College Street

New Haven, CT 06520-8034

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