Jeannette R. Ickovics, Ph.D.
Professor, Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Director, Social and Behavioral Sciences Program
The behaviors that put adolescent women at risk for pregnancy also put them at risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In recent years, Dr. Ickovics' research has examined STI risk within the context of adolescent pregnancy, wherein young women not only fail to protect themselves, but may actively seek pregnancy -- leaving them vulnerable to other risks associated with unprotected sex. Professor Ickovics and her research team, the Connecticut Women's Health Project, are dedicated to community-based, longitudinal studies promoting women's reproductive health. She is the Principle Investigator on research projects supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH), including randomized controlled trials to evaluate the effects of an innovative model of prenatal care to reduce HIV/STD risk and promote better perinatal outcomes among pregnant teens. Her unique contributions are derived, in part, by a commitment to an interdisciplinary perspective of public heath, integrating psychological, social, and biomedical factors, and providing insight regarding their influence on health.
Dr. Ickovics is Director of a new community health initiative, CARE: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement, part of the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation.
Education
Ph.D., George Washington University, 1989
Awards and Honors
Fellow, American Psychological Association, 2002
Yale/Seton Elm and Ivy Award, 2001
American Psychological Association, Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, 2000
American Psychological Association, Committee on Women in Psychology, Distinguished Emerging Leader Award, 1999
Professional Services
Committee Chair/ad hoc Reviewer, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 2000-present
Board of Scientific Affairs Committee Liaison, Division of Health Psychology (Div 38), American Psychological Association
Data and Safety Monitoring Board, A Multilevel HIV Prevention Strategy for High Risk Youth, NIMH
Board of Directors, National Program Chair, Division of Health Psychology (Div 38), American Psychological Association, 2005
International Advisory Committee, Social Science and the Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Rockefeller Foundation, 2005
Courses Taught
CDE 505a Social and Behavioral Foundations of Health
Seminar HIV Prevention Research (for NIMH-funded pre- and post-doctoral fellows)
Current Research Projects
Integrating Prenatal Care to Reduce HIV/STI Among Pregnant Teens: A Translational Study;
HIV/STD Risk among Young Expectant Fathers: Relationship Attachment & Transition; and Interdisciplinary HIV Prevention Training Program.
Yale Affiliations
Deputy Director and Director of Education and Training, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
Deputy Director for Community Outreach and Director CARE: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
Director, Connecticut Women's Health Project
Faculty Appointment, Department of Psychology
In the News
Group Prenatal Care Improves Pregnancy Outcomes at No Additional Cost
Ickovics Receives Over $8 Million Research Grant to Reduce HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Pregnant Teens
Alumni Day 2006 Focuses on Health Disparities
AIDS Science Day Draws a Crowd for Review of Current HIV/AIDS Research
Ickovics Collaborator on $2.5 Million Drug Treatment Grant for Pregnant Women
Selected Publications
Kershaw, T.S., Lewis, J.B., Westdahl, C., Wang, Y.F., Rising, S.S., Massey, Z., and Ickovics JR. Using Clinical Decision Trees to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections during Pregnancy. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, in press.
Ickovics, J.R., Kershaw, T.S., Westdahl, C., Magriples, U., Massey, Z., Reynolds, H., and Rising, S.S. Group Prenatal Care Reduces Preterm Birth: Results from a Multi-site Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 110(2): 330-339, 2007.
Ickovics, J.R., Milan, S., Vlahov, D., Boland, R., Schoenbaum, E., Schumann, P., and Moore, J. Psychological Resources Protect Health: 5-year Survival and Immune Function among HIV-infected Women from Four U.S. Cities. AIDS 20(14): 1851-1860, 2006.
Ickovics, J.R., Meade, C., Kershaw, T.S., Milan, S., Lewis, J., and Ethier, K.A. Urban Teens: Trauma, Posttraumatic Growth and Emotional Distress among Female Adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 74(5): 841-850, 2006.
Meade, C.S. and Ickovics, J.R. Systematic Review of Sexual Risk among Pregnant and Mothering Teens: Pregnancy as an Opportunity for Integrated Prevention of STD and Repeat Pregnancy. Social Science and Medicine 60: 661-678, 2005.
Niccolai, L.M., Kershaw, T.S., Lewis, J.B., Cicchetti, D.V., Ethier, K.A., and Ickovics, J.R. Data Collection for Sexually Transmitted Disease Diagnoses: A Comparison of Self-report, Medical Record Reviews, and State Health Department Reports. Annals of Epidemiology 15: 236-242, 2005.
Ickovics, J.R., Niccolai, L.M., Kershaw, T.S., Lewis, J.B., and Ethier, K.A. High Postpartum Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Teens: Pregnancy as a Window of Opportunity for Prevention. Sexually Transmitted Infections 79: 469-473, 2003.
Ickovics, J.R., Hamburger, M.E., Vlahov, D., Schuman, P., Schoenbaum, E., Boland, R.J., and Moore, J. for the HIV Epidemiology Research Study Group. Mortality and CD4 Cell Count Decline and Depressive Symptoms among HIV-Seropositive Women: Longitudinal Analysis From the HIV Epidemiology Research Study. Journal of the American Medical Association 285: 1466-1474, 2001.
For a further list of Dr. Ickovics’ publications, please see PubMed.
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