Department of Epidemiology
Shayla Nolen
Dissertation Chair
Dr. Brandon Marshall
Pronouns
She/Her/Hers
Biography
Shayla Nolen is a fifth-year doctoral candidate interested in using mathematical modeling and spatial methods to estimate the impact of structural and social factors related to racism on HIV and overdose prevention. Her dissertation specifically investigates the effect of gentrification on HIV transmission among African American/Black adults in Philadelphia using a spatially dynamic agent-based model. Prior to Brown, she worked at Boston University Medical Center conducting cost-effectiveness research to study HCV and overdose prevention among people who inject drugs. She holds a BA in Mathematics from Fisk University and MPH with a concentration in Epidemiology from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.