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Donna Shelley
Donna Shelley, MD, MPH
NYU School of Global Public Health - Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Public Health Policy and Management
Email: donna.shelley@nyu.edu
Education
MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
MPH, Columbia University
BA, University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests
Tobacco use treatment, Tobacco use policy, Implementation science, Health services research
BIO
Donna Shelley is a faculty member in the New York University School of Global Public Health and has faculty appointments in the NYU Colleges of Dentistry and Nursing. Her research, cited in the 2008 PHS Guideline on Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, has been funded by AHRQ, NIH, and CDC among others and is focused in the areas of tobacco control policy research, implementation science with a specific focus on studying health care system change to improve the quality of tobacco use treatment across a wide range of health care settings and developing efficacious cessation treatments for underserved populations, including smokers with comorbid conditions.
Projects
Principal Investigator, Implementing Tobacco Use Treatment Guidelines in Community Health Centers in Vietnam. Active
Principal Investigator, Implementing Tobacco Use Treatment in HIV Clinics In Viet Nam. Active
Principal Investigator, Assessing the Use of Electronic Cigarettes as a Smoking Cessation Intervention. Completed
Principal Investigator, Evaluation of Smoke-Free Housing Policy Impacts on Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Health Outcomes. Completed
Principal Investigator, Feasibility and Acceptability of a Text Messaging Intervention to Increase Smoking Cessation in Vietnam. Completed
Principal Investigator, Implementing Tobacco Use Treatment Guidelines in Dental Public Health Clinics. Completed
Principal Investigator, Improving Adherence to Smoking Cessation Medication Among PLWHA. Completed
Principal Investigator, Optimizing Tobacco Treatment for Smokers Seeking Lung Cancer Screening. Completed
Principal Investigator, Testing Clinical Decision Support for Treating Tobacco Use in Dental Clinics. Completed
Publications

Recent

Guevara Alvarez G, Kapur R, Nguyen T, Nguyen N, Armstrong-Hough M, Parekh N, Shelley D (2024).
Prevalence of food insecurity among HIV-positive smokers in Vietnam
Tobacco Use Insights, 17, 1179173X241297804. doi: 10.1177/1179173X241297804. PMCID: PMC11624529.

Albert SL, Kwok L, Shelley D, Paul MM, Blecker SB, Nguyen AM, Harel D, Cleland CM, Weiner BJ, Cohen DJ, Damschroder L, Berry CA (2024).
Identifying important and feasible primary care structures and processes in the US healthcare system: A modified Delphi study
BMJ Open, 14 (11), e082989. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082989. PMCID: PMC11552005.

Goldberg LA, Chang TE, Freeman R, Welch AE, Jeffers A, Kepler KL, Chambless D, Wittman I, Cowan E, Shelley D, McNeely J, Doran KM (2024).
Implementation of a peer-delivered opioid overdose response initiative in New York City emergency departments: Insight from multi-stakeholder qualitative interviews
Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment [Epub 2024 Oct 21]. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2024.209542.

Gaeta Gazzola M, Torsiglieri A, Velez L, Blaufarb S, Hernandez P, O'Grady MA, Blackburn J, Florick J, Cleland CM, Shelley D, Doran KM (2024).
A community-academic partnership to develop an implementation support package for overdose prevention in permanent supportive housing
Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment [Epub 2024 Oct 9]. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2024.209533.

Stevens ER, Fawole A, Rostam Abadi Y, Fernando J, Appleton N, King C, Mazumdar M, Shelley D, Barron C, Bergmann L, Siddiqui S, Schatz D, McNeely J (2024).
Attributes of higher- and lower-performing hospitals in the Consult for Addiction Treatment and Care in Hospitals (CATCH) program implementation: A multiple-case study
Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment [Epub 2024 Sep 28]. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2024.209528. PMCID: PMC11624095.

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