Dr. Ni’s research focuses on using mobile technologies to prevent cardiovascular disease and HIV/AIDS. He has conducted international research at the interface of chronic diseases, infectious diseases, and mobile health in the U.S., China, Nepal, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Cameroon. His current projects are funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and focused on developing artificial intelligence chatbots to promote HIV testing and prevention in Malaysia among populations at high risk for HIV/AIDS. Dr. Ni is also a faculty lead of the Yale Office of Global Affairs & Planetary Health and serves as the Director of International Academic Partnerships and Programs.

 

Before joining Yale School of Nursing, Dr. Ni was a Postdoctoral Associate in the Yale School of Medicine. His postdoctoral training was supported by an NIH-funded R01 project in which he conducted research at the interface of HIV and mobile health. Specifically, Dr. Ni adopted mobile technologies to eliminate health disparities in healthcare among HIV/AIDS key populations, such as sexual minorities and people who inject drugs. Dr. Ni is a multiple PI (contact) and the project director of a R21/R33 project and a R21 project, respectively. He continues to conduct international research at the interface of chronic diseases, infectious diseases, and mHealth in the U.S., China, Nepal, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cameroon, and the Philippines. He is also a PI of several mHealth research projects aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease in these countries.