Associate Research Scientist
Denver Health, Colorado
Alia Al-Tayyib, PhD, MSPH, is an Associate Research Scientist at the Public Health Institute at Denver Health and an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health. Dr. Al-Tayyib's primary research interests are in behavioral risks for acquiring and transmitting infections, such as HIV and hepatitis C, with a focus on the social and structural determinants of risk. Since 2007, she has served as the site PI for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) system in the Denver metro area. More recently, Dr. Al-Tayyib has focused on social network studies examining the transition from oral ingestion of prescription opioids to injection drug use among at-risk youth and on developing interventions to keep people engaged in care for substance use disorders. The overarching goal of her work is to reduce the spread of infections, decrease substance use, and improve public health. Dr. Al-Tayyib currently leads the research efforts for the Denver Health Center for Addiction Medicine. She received her PhD and MSPH degrees in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is an alumna of the Clinical Faculty Scholar and the Leadership for Innovative Team Science programs at the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.
Saturday, April 15, 2023
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM