Debbie Humphries

Dr. Debbie Humphries is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Chronic Disease Epidemiology department at Yale School of Public Health, with affiliated faculty status at the Yale Institute for Global Health. Her work bridges public health research, community engagement, and implementation science across global and domestic contexts.

• Key affiliations: Yale School of Public Health, Yale Institute for Global Health
• Research focus: Nutrition-infectious disease interactions, HIV/AIDS implementation frameworks, community health worker programs, and global health equity

Her recent publications emphasize HIV implementation science through academic-community partnerships, harm reduction policy, and environmental health determinants of parasitic infections. She has collaborated extensively on projects related to the 'Ending the HIV Epidemic' initiative.

• 2025 work includes participatory HIV care models, buprenorphine prescription policy analysis, and CHESHIRE implementation hubs
• 2024 studies examine hookworm transmission dynamics and obesity epidemic trends

Scientific awards include the 2021 Hartranft Award and 2016 C.E.A. Winslow Award. She mentors students in practical public health projects spanning health center mapping in Burkina Faso to diabetes policy analysis in India.

Dr. Humphries contributes to community health initiatives through her roles on the Community Research Engagement steering committee and the YSPH Sustainability Committee. Her research methodology integrates qualitative frameworks, participatory evaluation, and geospatial analysis.