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Shantrel S Canidate

Shantrel S Canidate, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor; EPI Associate Director for Outreach and Community Partnerships

Department: Department of Epidemiology
Business Phone: (352) 294-5962
Business Email: ssc1987@ufl.edu
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About Shantrel S Canidate

Shantrel Canidate, Ph.D., MPH, a social and behavioral epidemiologist and health equity researcher, joins the institute’s leadership team as the EPI Associate Director for Outreach and Community Partnerships. This role is dedicated to nurturing the internal relationships between multiple UF units, identifying opportunities for external partnerships and fostering research collaboration with Southeastern universities.

Canidate is an assistant professor in the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions Department of Epidemiology. In addition, she serves as a faculty member within the social and behavioral science program and the Southern HIV and Alcohol Research Consortium. Her research focuses on applying interdisciplinary approaches to identifying, understanding and addressing substance use and HIV-related health disparities among marginalized populations, such as men who have sex with men (MSM). Her work also aims to leverage electronic health records data through artificial intelligence and utilize causal inference approaches to identify biomedical and behavioral interventions that can reduce racial disparities in HIV care among marginalized populations.

As a double gator, Canidate received both her master’s in public health and a doctorate in public health from UF, specializing in social and behavioral sciences. She later completed a two-year T32 postdoctoral fellowship in the department of epidemiology with the UF Substance Abuse Training Center in Public Health. She is currently funded as a principal investigator through the first-ever Health Equity Scholars for Action grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and through a five-year K01 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Furthermore, she is also funded as a co-investigator by the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse.

Additional Positions:
Associate Director for Outreach and Community Partnerships
2023 – Current · Emerging Pathogens Institute

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. PHC4101 – Public Health Concepts

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  2. PHC6941 – MPH Applied Practice Experience

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  3. PHC6447 – Ecology of HIV/Aids in the Rural South

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  4. PAS5009 – Behav and Commnty Med 2

    College of Medicine

  5. PHC7979 – Advanced Research

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  6. PHC6441 – Health Disparities in the United States

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  7. PHC7980 – Research for Doctoral Dissertation

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  8. PHC7918 – Independent Study

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  9. PHC6940 – Master of Public Health Capstone

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  10. PHC6937 – Special Topics in Public Health

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

Publications

Academic Articles

Grants

  1. A mixed methods study of factors associated with HIV outcomes in people living with HIV

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NIDA

  2. Artificial Intelligence and Counterfactually Actionable Responses to End HIV (AICARE-HIV)

    Active

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID

  3. Interest, Preference, and Uptake of Long-Acting ART among PLWH in Florida

    Role:
    Other
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NIAAA

  4. Examining hypothesized relationships of syndemic and social network factors with HIV care continuum outcomes for Black men who have sex with men

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION

Education

  1. T32 Postdoctoral Fellow – UF Substance Abuse Training Center in Public Health (NIDA)

    University of Florida

  2. Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health – Social and Behavioral Sciences

    University of Florida

  3. Master of Public Health – Social and Behavioral Sciences

    University of Florida

  4. Bachelor of Science in Health Services Administration

    University of Central Florida

  5. Associate of Arts

    Daytona State College

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 294-5962
Emails:
Business:
ssc1987@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100231
2004 MOWRY RD
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610