Holly B. Shakya PhD

Holly B. Shakya is currently an Assistant Professor on a Gates funded collaborative project between Yale Medical School and UCSD School of Medicine. The purpose of the project is to investigate social network effects on maternal and neonatal health outcomes in rural settings in the developing world. Her primary research interests are the social determinants of health, with a focus on social networks and social norms. Specifically she is interested in interpersonal network dynamics, including relational hierarchies, and multidimensional network relationships. One of her main undertakings is to understand how those network dynamics impact norms around health behavior.