Victoria Frye is an Investigator at the Center for Urban Epidemiologic
Studies at The New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. Frye received her MPH
in epidemiology and Dr.P.H. of sociomedical sciences from the Columbia
University School of Public Health. Dr. Frye’s research combines
epidemiological and social science theories and methods to study the
distribution and determinants of intimate partner violence against
women and the roles of sociostructural and social network factors in
promoting and/or maintaining intimate partner violence at the
neighborhood and/or community level. In addition, Dr. Frye has an
interest in the role of intimate partner violence and gender inequity
in sexual HIV-risk behaviors.
Currently, Dr. Frye is working with Connect, a local domestic violence
and child abuse prevention organization, on a Department of Health and
Human
Services-funded study of a pilot program implementing a
manualized domestic violence and parenting skills curriculum in child
abuse and neglect preventive agencies throughout New York City. In
addition, Dr. Frye is a co-investigator on a behavioral intervention to
reduce sexual HIV-risk behaviors among substance using men who have sex
with men and consults with fellow CUES investigators on safer-sex
interventions with adolescents who use drugs and alcohol.
Prior to joining CUES, Dr. Frye was the Director of the Injury Prevention Research Program at the New York City Department of Health. Dr. Frye coordinated all epidemiological research on intentional injuries and deaths in New York City. In addition, she has managed several studies of intimate partner violence among women with or at risk for HIV. Dr. Frye’s work has been published in Violence against Women, Violence and Victims, JAMA and the American Journal of Public Health. As a New York State certified rape crisis counselor, she trains new rape crisis counselors with the St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center’s Crime Victims Treatment Center.
Contact information: (212) 822-7291, vfrye@nyam.org
Click here for a list of Dr. Frye's
available publications in PubMed.
