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Nadia Abdala, D.V.M., Ph.D.
blue arrow Research Scientist, Epidemiology & Public Health
blue arrow Member, Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core

Contact:
blue arrow nadia.abdala@yale.edu
blue arrow Ph: (203) 785-2747
 Nadia Abdala


Brief Bio:
Nadia Abdala, D.V.M., Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at Yale University School of Medicine. A virologist, Dr. Abdala's background lies in the field of applied clinical virology. Her past research and professional experience focused on vaccine production and disease diagnostics. In the past five years, while working at the Yale School of Public Health, Dr. Abdala has been using her expertise to answer epidemiological questions regarding HIV transmission among injection drug users. She has investigated how long HIV remains viable inside syringes, how cooking or heating drugs prior to injection might affect HIV transmission and has assessed the effectiveness of bleach and other disinfectants in reducing HIV transmission risks via contaminated syringes. Most recently, her research has been directed towards the factors that affect HIV viability in the context of home preparation of illicit drugs in the Russian Federation. Dr. Abdala's laboratory research is of direct practical value in educational programs for HIV prevention through illicit drug injection. Dr. Abdala has been involved in several HIV and STD prevalence studies conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia which provided the infrastructure and grounds for a recently awarded intervention program to reduce the spread of HIV in STI clinics in St Petersburg, Russia.

Areas of Expertise:
HIV/STI prevention

CIRA Affiliated Projects:
Alcohol and HIV Risk Reduction in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Funder:
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Status: Active
Region:
Russia
Integrating Sex and Drug Related HIV Risk and Transmission
Funder:
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Status: Active
Region:
Russia, U.S. - Connecticut
HIV Transmission in Russia Through Liquid Drug Injection
Funder:
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Status: Completed
Region:
Russia
Identifying HIV-Bridge-Population in STI Clinics, Russia
Funder:
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Status: Completed
Region:
Russia
NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial (Russia)
Funder:
National Institute of Mental Health
Status: Completed
Region:
Russia
Risk Assessment of STDs Among IDUs in Russia
Funder:
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
Status: Completed
Region:
Russia

Selected Publications:
2008

Abdala, N., Krasnoselskikh, T. V., Timofeeva, M.Y., Verevochkin, S. V., & Kozlov, A.P.  (2008). Sexually Transmitted Infections, Sexual Risk Behaviors and the Risk of Heterosexual Spread of HIV among and beyond IDUs in St. Petersburg, Russia. European Addiction Research, 14(1), 19-25.

2007

Heimer, R., Kinzly, M.L., He, H., and Abdala, N.  (2007). The Effect of Acids on the Survival of HIV During Drug Injection. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 45(2), 144-150.

2006

Abdala, N., Grund, J-PC., Tolstov, Y., Kozlov, A.P., and Heimer, R.  (2006). Can Homemade Injectable Opiates Contribute to the HIV Epidemic among Injection Drug Users in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union?. Addiction, 101(5), 731-737.

Abdala, N., Tolstov, Y.L., Grund, J., & Heimer, R.  (2006). Home-made Opiate Solutions and HIV-1 Transmission Risk: A Laboratory Study. Addiction, 101(5), 731-737.

2005

Dyatlov, R., Somlai, A., Verevochkin, S., Granskaya, J., Abdala, N., Kelly, J., Merson, M., and Kozlov, A.  (2005). HIV/STD among 1100 Students Living in 22 Dormitories in St. Petersburg, Russia. Russian J. of AIDS, Cancer and Public Health, 9(2), 106.

2004

Krasnoselskikh, T.V., Abdala, N., and Verevochkin, S.V.  (2004). Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Drug Users. Russian Journal of Genetics, 8(2), 80-81.

Abdala, N., Crowe, M., Tolstov, Y. and Heimer, R.  (2004). Survival of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 after Rinsing Injection Syringes with Different Cleaning Solutions. Substance Use & Misuse, 39(4), 581-600.

Tolstov, Y.L., Dizhe, G.P., Abdala, N., Kozlov, A.P., and Heimer, R.  (2004). The HIV-1 Inactivation by Citric Acid In Vitro. IV International Congress of Asthma, IX International Congress of Clinical Pathology, 15-23 February 2004, Bangkok, Thailand. Int. J. Immunorehabilitation, 6(1), 88.

2003

Abdala, N., Carney, J.M., Durante, A.J., Klimov, N., Ostrovski, D., Somlai, A.M., Kozlov, A. and Heimer, R.  (2003). Estimating the Prevalence of Syringe-Borne and Sexually Transmitted Diseases among Injection Drug Users in St Petersburg, Russia,. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 14(10), 697-703.

2001

Abdala, N., Gleghorn, A.A., Carney, J.M. and Heimer, R.  (2001). Can HIV-1-Contaminated Syringes be Disinfected? Implications for Transmission among Injection Drug Users. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 28(5), 487-94.

Abdala, N., Gleghorn, A., Carney, J.M. and Heimer, R.  (2001). Use of Bleach to Disinfect HIV-1 Contaminated Syringes. American Clinical Laboratory, 20(6), 26-28.

2000

Abdala, N., Reyes, R., Carney, J.M. and Heimer, R.  (2000). Survival of HIV-1 in syringes: effects of temperature during storage. Substance Use & Misuse, 35(10), 1369-83.

Heimer, R. and Abdala, N.  (2000). Viability of HIV-1 in syringes: implications for interventions among injection drug users. AIDS Reader, 10(7), 410-7.

1999

Clatts, M.C., Heimer, R., Abdala, N., Goldsamt, L.A., Sotheran, J.L., Anderson, K.T., Gallo, T.M., Hoffer, L.D., Luciano, P.A. and Kyriakides, T.  (1999). HIV-1 transmission in injection paraphernalia: Heating drug solutions may inactivate HIV-1. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 22(2), 194-9.

Abdala, N., Stephens, P.C., Griffith, B.P. and Heimer, R.  (1999). Survival of HIV-1 in syringes. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes & Human Retrovirology, 20(1), 73-80.

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