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2026
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Samira Shirzaei Nichols
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Assistant professor
Also affiliated: University of Verona (2026); Yale University (2026); Ospedale San Giovanni Bosco (2026); Ghana Health Service (2026); University of Rochester (2026); Keihin (Japan) (2026)
Faculty Researcher
2 h-index
8 pubs
11 cited
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Biomedical Subjects
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Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Samira Shirzaei Nichols' research investigates public health issues, particularly focusing on HIV and STI risks among African refugee sex workers in Italy. Her work employs mixed-methods approaches, including quantitative epidemiological studies and machine learning applications, to understand the syndemic context of substance use, economic precarity, and health outcomes within this population. Nichols also has research interests in forecasting models, as demonstrated by her work on enhancing COVID-19 case forecasting in the United States using ARIMA, SARIMA, and RNN models. Her scholarship also extends to simulation optimization studies for scheduling systems.
She has collaborated with several researchers at the University of Central Arkansas, including Giovanni Zardini and Carolina Rigo, with whom she shares multiple publications. Nichols' work has been published in journals focusing on public health, epidemiology, and computational modeling. She is actively publishing and has a recent publication in 2026.
Metrics
- h-index: 2
- Publications: 8
- Citations: 11
Selected Publications
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Substance Use and HIV Risk Among African Refugee and Migrant Sex Workers in Italy: A Mixed-Methods Study Informed by Syndemic Theory (2026)
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Economic Precarity Shapes Engagement in Sex Work and HIV-Related Behaviors Among African Refugee Male Sex Workers in Italy: A Mixed-Methods Study (2026)
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Substance Use is Linked to Less Facility-Based but Greater Self-HIV Testing Willingness Among African Refugee Male Sex Workers in Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study (2026)
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Economic precarity shapes engagement in sex work and HIV-related behaviors among African refugee male sex workers in Italy: A mixed-methods study (2026)
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A simulation-driven expert system for adaptive staff scheduling under non-Poisson, time-varying demand (2026)
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Intersecting Structural Vulnerabilities and Health Risks: A Quantitative Epidemiological Study of HIV and STI Burden Among African Migrant Male Sex Workers in Italy. BSGH 027 (2025)
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Substance Use and HIV Risk in a Syndemic Context: Vulnerabilities Among African Refugee Sex Workers in Italy (2025)
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Bridging Gaps in HIV Prevention: A Machine Learning-Enhanced Mixed-Methods Study on PrEP Awareness and Willingness Among Refugee Male Sex Workers from Sub-Saharan Africa in Italy (2025)
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Flexible Staff Scheduling in Small Service Systems with Time-Varying Non-Poisson Demand to Achieve Time-Stable Performance Using Drl (2024)
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Enhancing COVID-19 Case Forecasting in the United States: A Comparative Analysis of ARIMA, SARIMA, and RNN Models with Grid Search Optimization (2024)
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Justice and Fairness in Academia: Are Women Underrepresented/Underpaid in Engineering and Science Fields? Comparing 2018 and 2021 Data (2023)
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Applying Deep Reinforcement Learning to Dynamic Staff Scheduling in a Service System with Nonstationary Arrival Process; a Case Study of Grocery Store (2022)
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Society 5.0: a simulation optimisation study of dynamic scheduling for a grocery store (2021)
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Society 5.0: a simulation optimisation study of dynamic scheduling for a grocery store (2021)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are
University of Verona
4 shared publications
In database
- Bridging Gaps in HIV Prevention: A Machine Learning-Enhanced Mixed-Methods Study on PrEP Awareness and Willingness Among Refugee Male Sex Workers from Sub-Saharan Africa in Italy
- Substance Use and HIV Risk in a Syndemic Context: Vulnerabilities Among African Refugee Sex Workers in Italy
- Intersecting Structural Vulnerabilities and Health Risks: A Quantitative Epidemiological Study of HIV and STI Burden Among African Migrant Male Sex Workers in Italy. BSGH 027
- Substance Use is Linked to Less Facility-Based but Greater Self-HIV Testing Willingness Among African Refugee Male Sex Workers in Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study
Osman Wumpini Shamrock
University of Verona
4 shared publications
In database
- Bridging Gaps in HIV Prevention: A Machine Learning-Enhanced Mixed-Methods Study on PrEP Awareness and Willingness Among Refugee Male Sex Workers from Sub-Saharan Africa in Italy
- Substance Use and HIV Risk in a Syndemic Context: Vulnerabilities Among African Refugee Sex Workers in Italy
- Intersecting Structural Vulnerabilities and Health Risks: A Quantitative Epidemiological Study of HIV and STI Burden Among African Migrant Male Sex Workers in Italy. BSGH 027
- Substance Use is Linked to Less Facility-Based but Greater Self-HIV Testing Willingness Among African Refugee Male Sex Workers in Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study
Carolina Rigo
University of Verona
3 shared publications
In database
- Bridging Gaps in HIV Prevention: A Machine Learning-Enhanced Mixed-Methods Study on PrEP Awareness and Willingness Among Refugee Male Sex Workers from Sub-Saharan Africa in Italy
- Substance Use and HIV Risk in a Syndemic Context: Vulnerabilities Among African Refugee Sex Workers in Italy
- Substance Use is Linked to Less Facility-Based but Greater Self-HIV Testing Willingness Among African Refugee Male Sex Workers in Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study
Giovanni Zardini
University of Verona
3 shared publications
In database
- Bridging Gaps in HIV Prevention: A Machine Learning-Enhanced Mixed-Methods Study on PrEP Awareness and Willingness Among Refugee Male Sex Workers from Sub-Saharan Africa in Italy
- Intersecting Structural Vulnerabilities and Health Risks: A Quantitative Epidemiological Study of HIV and STI Burden Among African Migrant Male Sex Workers in Italy. BSGH 027
- Substance Use is Linked to Less Facility-Based but Greater Self-HIV Testing Willingness Among African Refugee Male Sex Workers in Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study
LaRon E. Nelson
Yale University (US)
3 shared publications
- Bridging Gaps in HIV Prevention: A Machine Learning-Enhanced Mixed-Methods Study on PrEP Awareness and Willingness Among Refugee Male Sex Workers from Sub-Saharan Africa in Italy
- Substance Use and HIV Risk in a Syndemic Context: Vulnerabilities Among African Refugee Sex Workers in Italy
- Intersecting Structural Vulnerabilities and Health Risks: A Quantitative Epidemiological Study of HIV and STI Burden Among African Migrant Male Sex Workers in Italy. BSGH 027
Konstantinos Mykoniatis
Auburn University (US)
2 shared publications
- Society 5.0: a simulation optimisation study of dynamic scheduling for a grocery store
- Society 5.0: a simulation optimisation study of dynamic scheduling for a grocery store
Anastasia Angelopoulou
Columbus State University (US)
2 shared publications
- Society 5.0: a simulation optimisation study of dynamic scheduling for a grocery store
- Society 5.0: a simulation optimisation study of dynamic scheduling for a grocery store
Kelvin Aleakwe
University of Verona
2 shared publications
In database
- Bridging Gaps in HIV Prevention: A Machine Learning-Enhanced Mixed-Methods Study on PrEP Awareness and Willingness Among Refugee Male Sex Workers from Sub-Saharan Africa in Italy
- Substance Use is Linked to Less Facility-Based but Greater Self-HIV Testing Willingness Among African Refugee Male Sex Workers in Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study
Bawa Sahid Majeck
University of Verona
2 shared publications
In database
- Bridging Gaps in HIV Prevention: A Machine Learning-Enhanced Mixed-Methods Study on PrEP Awareness and Willingness Among Refugee Male Sex Workers from Sub-Saharan Africa in Italy
- Substance Use is Linked to Less Facility-Based but Greater Self-HIV Testing Willingness Among African Refugee Male Sex Workers in Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study
Marco Barracchia
Maastricht University (NL)
2 shared publications
- Substance Use and HIV Risk in a Syndemic Context: Vulnerabilities Among African Refugee Sex Workers in Italy
- Economic precarity shapes engagement in sex work and HIV-related behaviors among African refugee male sex workers in Italy: A mixed-methods study
Henry Delali Dakpui
University of Verona
2 shared publications
In database
- Intersecting Structural Vulnerabilities and Health Risks: A Quantitative Epidemiological Study of HIV and STI Burden Among African Migrant Male Sex Workers in Italy. BSGH 027
- Substance Use is Linked to Less Facility-Based but Greater Self-HIV Testing Willingness Among African Refugee Male Sex Workers in Italy: A Cross-Sectional Study
Fatemeh Hosseini
University of Neyshabur (IR)
1 shared publication
- Bridging Gaps in HIV Prevention: A Machine Learning-Enhanced Mixed-Methods Study on PrEP Awareness and Willingness Among Refugee Male Sex Workers from Sub-Saharan Africa in Italy
Zhao Ni
Yale University (US)
1 shared publication
- Bridging Gaps in HIV Prevention: A Machine Learning-Enhanced Mixed-Methods Study on PrEP Awareness and Willingness Among Refugee Male Sex Workers from Sub-Saharan Africa in Italy
Orlando Harris
Weatherford College (US)
1 shared publication
- Bridging Gaps in HIV Prevention: A Machine Learning-Enhanced Mixed-Methods Study on PrEP Awareness and Willingness Among Refugee Male Sex Workers from Sub-Saharan Africa in Italy
Silvia Nozza
San Raffaele University of Rome (IT)
1 shared publication
- Bridging Gaps in HIV Prevention: A Machine Learning-Enhanced Mixed-Methods Study on PrEP Awareness and Willingness Among Refugee Male Sex Workers from Sub-Saharan Africa in Italy
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