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Gregg Gonsalves, PhD

Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
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Associate (Adjunct) Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Affiliated Faculty, Program in Addiction Medicine

Co-Director, Global Health Justice Partnership

Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

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Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Associate (Adjunct) Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Affiliated Faculty, Program in Addiction Medicine; Co-Director, Global Health Justice Partnership; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

Biography

Gregg Gonsalves is an expert in policy modeling on infectious disease and substance use, as well as the intersection of public policy and health equity. His research focuses on the use of quantitative models for improving the response to epidemic diseases. For more than 30 years, he worked on HIV/AIDS and other global health issues with several organizations, including the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, the Treatment Action Group, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, and the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa. He is a 2011 graduate of Yale College and received his PhD from Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences/School of Public Health in 2017. He is currently the public health correspondent for The Nation. He is a 2018 MacArthur Fellow.

Last Updated on November 22, 2022.

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Education & Training

PhD
Yale University, Public Health (2017)
BS
Yale College, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2011)

Research

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Medical Research Interests

Causality; Computer Simulation; Decision Making; Drug Approval; Drug Users; Hepatitis C; HIV; Operations Research; Political Systems; Prisoners; Public Policy; Social Determinants of Health; Social Justice; Social Medicine; Tuberculosis; United States Food and Drug Administration

Public Health Interests

Community Health; Global Health; Health Care Management; Health Policy; HIV/AIDS; Infectious Diseases; Modeling; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; COVID-19

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Gregg Gonsalves's published research.

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Honors

  • honor

    MacArthur Fellowship

    10/04/2018National AwardJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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