Professor Dr. Olga Morozova

Biography

Olga Morozova is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Chicago. She is an infectious disease epidemiologist and public health modeler with extensive research focusing on the interactions between HIV and substance use disorders, along with broader aspects of infectious disease transmission. Her work includes evaluating strategies to increase access to opioid agonist treatment in Ukraine and conducting modeling work during the COVID-19 pandemic to integrate behavioral change metrics into traditional infection transmission models. These efforts supported decision-making for the state of Connecticut during the pandemic. Morozova has contributed significantly to understanding causal inference in infectious disease epidemiology, particularly concerning vaccine efficacy estimates. She holds a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Yale University and has published numerous articles in leading journals on the subjects of HIV and COVID-19.

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