Gregg Gonsalves, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)DownloadHi-Res Photo
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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
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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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Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
Associate Professor on TermPrimarySchool of Law
Associate Professor AdjunctSecondary
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- Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
- Public Health Modeling
- School of Law
- Yale Institute for Global Health
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale-UPR Integrated HIV Basic and Clinical Sciences Initiative
Education & Training
- PhD
- Yale University, Public Health (2017)
- BS
- Yale College, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2011)
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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
Health Policy; HIV/AIDS; Infectious Diseases; Modeling; Global Health; Health Care Management; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; Community Health; COVID-19
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0000-0002-5789-9841
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A. David Paltiel, MBA, PhD
Thomas Thornhill IV
Alexandra Savinkina, MSPH
Haidong Lu, PhD
Joseph Ross, MD, MHS
David Fiellin, MD
112Publications
2,331Citations
Public Policy
United States Food and Drug Administration
Computer Simulation
Decision Making
Hepatitis C
Prisoners
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Estimating deaths averted and cost per life saved by scaling up mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in low-income and lower-middle-income countries in the COVID-19 Omicron variant era: a modelling study
Savinkina A, Bilinski A, Fitzpatrick M, Paltiel AD, Rizvi Z, Salomon J, Thornhill T, Gonsalves G. Estimating deaths averted and cost per life saved by scaling up mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in low-income and lower-middle-income countries in the COVID-19 Omicron variant era: a modelling study. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e061752. PMID: 36100306, PMCID: PMC9471205, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061752.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsLow-income countriesIncome countriesDeath avertedHigh-income nationsStatistical lifeAvertable deathsIncome nationsCOVID-19 deathsReasonable investmentHigh costKey inputCountriesParameter estimatesAvertedCostSensitivity analysisUniversal vaccinationGlobal vaccinationMRNA COVID-19 vaccinationNationsInvestmentPrimary vaccine seriesLow vaccine effectivenessCOVID-19 vaccinationPublic dataSurveillance for endemic infectious disease outbreaks: Adaptive sampling using profile likelihood estimation
Fairley M, Rao IJ, Brandeau ML, Qian GL, Gonsalves GS. Surveillance for endemic infectious disease outbreaks: Adaptive sampling using profile likelihood estimation. Statistics In Medicine 2022, 41: 3336-3348. PMID: 35527474, PMCID: PMC9283243, DOI: 10.1002/sim.9420.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and Concepts
2026
Associations between greenness change and mental distress prevalence change by housing tenure: An analysis of 109 U.S. metropolitan areas
Prasanth S, Warren J, Carrión D, Gonsalves G, Keene D. Associations between greenness change and mental distress prevalence change by housing tenure: An analysis of 109 U.S. metropolitan areas. Cities 2026, 175: 107222. DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2026.107222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistress prevalenceHousing tenureBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemRisk Factor Surveillance SystemPrevalence changesMultivariate linear regression modelLong-term healthU.S. metropolitan areasTract-level analysisHealth equityMetropolitan statistical areasMental healthLinear regression modelsStructural interventionsGreen gentrificationTenant protectionSocial housingGreenness changeHealthHealth injusticesSurveillance systemStatistical areasRentersRegression modelsPopulation-weightedHow Big Is the "Gray Area"? Navigating Health-Threatening Previability Pregnancy Complications in States With Abortion Restrictions.
Bilinski A, Gariepy A, Son M, Slimovitch R, Paltiel A, Tobin-Tyler E, Gonsalves G. How Big Is the "Gray Area"? Navigating Health-Threatening Previability Pregnancy Complications in States With Abortion Restrictions. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2026 PMID: 42150172, DOI: 10.7326/annals-25-02397.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricAssessing mpox knowledge and sexual behaviours within high-risk populations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lemaille C, Halbrook M, Merritt S, Anta Y, Lunyanga L, Mukadi P, Vakaniaki E, Kalonji T, Kenye M, Kacita C, Linsuke S, Bogoch I, Cevik M, Gonsalves G, Hunter M, Liesenborghs L, Shaw S, Shongo R, Hensley L, Hoff N, Rimoin A, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Kindrachuk J. Assessing mpox knowledge and sexual behaviours within high-risk populations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. BMJ Global Health 2026, 11: e019865. PMID: 42150814, PMCID: PMC13185043, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-019865.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHealth-seeking behaviorAt-risk populationsSex workersCommunity engagementDense sexual networksHigh-risk communitiesPublic health burdenSexually transmitted infectionsHigh-risk populationMultiple sexual partnersRisk sexual activityDisease knowledgePublic health emergencyPeer educatorsAt-risk behaviorsSeeking behaviorDemocratic RepublicAnonymous sexHealth burdenSexual behaviorTransactional sexSexual networksHigh-risk areasSexual partnersHealth emergencyAnti-Latine bias and drug-induced homicide law support: Evidence from a nationally diverse, randomized survey experiment in the United States
Gannon K, Gonsalves G, Busch S, Schlesinger M. Anti-Latine bias and drug-induced homicide law support: Evidence from a nationally diverse, randomized survey experiment in the United States. International Journal Of Drug Policy 2026, 153: 105297. PMID: 42091008, PMCID: PMC13264420, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsDrug-induced homicide lawsHomicide lawsDrug policyOverdose deathsLaw supportDrug dealersSold drugsLawMoral justificationRacial assumptionsSuspectsPublic opinionHomicideIncarcerationRandomized survey experimentState drug policyRace-EthnicityDeterrenceUnited StatesSurvey experimentPolicy biasNon-Hispanic respondentsPolicyLatin communityLatinTravel Time to Methadone Treatment Via Personal Vehicle vs Public Transit
Howell B, Kim J, Thornhill T, Lee J, Biegacki E, Grau L, Fiellin D, Heimer R, Gonsalves G. Travel Time to Methadone Treatment Via Personal Vehicle vs Public Transit. JAMA Network Open 2026, 9: e2557361. PMID: 41632474, PMCID: PMC12869344, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.57361.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThis study investigates travel times to methadone treatment in Connecticut, finding public transit takes five times longer than personal vehicles, hindering access for underserved areas.
2025
Why Americans are Dying Younger? NIH Is Not the Problem. Our Broken Healthcare Delivery Is
Ignacio R, Pagkas-Bather J, Gonsalves G, Gianella S. Why Americans are Dying Younger? NIH Is Not the Problem. Our Broken Healthcare Delivery Is. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2025, ciaf671. PMID: 41420651, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaf671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricWhy Americans are Dying Younger? NIH Is Not the Problem. Our Broken Healthcare Delivery Is
Ignacio R, Pagkas-Bather J, Gonsalves G, Gianella S. Why Americans are Dying Younger? NIH Is Not the Problem. Our Broken Healthcare Delivery Is. Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2025, jiaf592. PMID: 41420662, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf592.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersAltmetricUS public health resistance must include Palestine – Author's reply
Yamin A, Lengle E, Gonsalves G. US public health resistance must include Palestine – Author's reply. The Lancet 2025, 406: 2625-2626. PMID: 41352963, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)02110-5.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConcepts
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honor MacArthur Fellowship
10/04/2018National AwardJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationDetailsUnited States
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- April 29, 2026
New NIH Team Science Grant to Address HIV and Substance Use Epidemics
- March 17, 2026Source: Hartford Courant
Opinion: Vaccination is not just about personal choice in CT or elsewhere
- February 03, 2026
Methadone: Public Transit is a Barrier for Accessing Treatment
- November 29, 2025Source: Forbes
New limits on federal loans expected to impact health professional workforce
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