Nicki Karimipour Apaydin

In her role at SC CTSI, Dr. Nicki K. Apaydin establishes and maintains essential relationships with key stakeholders within and outside of the Institute for the purposes of furthering CTSI’s reach, mission statement, and adoption of services among local investigators and nationally. In addition, she handles internal and external communications, oversees marketing efforts, branding, event planning, promotion, and media relations.

• University of Florida — PhD
• University of Florida — MA
• Florida State University — BA

• health communication; public health communication; eating disorders; communication theory

• Community-Based Public Health Vaccination Campaign (VaccinateLA) in Los Angeles’ Black and Latino Communities: Protocol for a Participatory Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Feb 20; 12:e40161.. View in PubMed
• Framing clinical and translational science: Examining the strategic social media communications of NCATS-funded CTSAs. J Clin Transl Sci. 2021; 5(1):e123.. View in PubMed
• The Altmetric era in eating disorder research: Assessing the association between Altmetric scores and citation scores for articles in the International Journal of Eating Disorders. Int J Eat Disord. 2020 12; 53(12):2073-2078.. View in PubMed
• Assessing Risk Perceptions of E-Smoking Devices: a Cross-Sectional Consumer Survey. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2018 07; 45(3):499-505.. View in PubMed
• A content analysis of Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) strategies for communicating about clinical research participation online. J Clin Transl Sci. 2017 Dec; 1(6):340-351.. View in PubMed

• Leventhal, Adam
• Barrington-Trimis, Jessica
• Unger, Jennifer
• Harlow, Alyssa
• Sussman, Steven
• North, Caroline