Gilbert Nick, PhD, LCSW, MPA
Research Collaborator
Dr. Gilbert Nick received his Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He received a Master of Social Work and a Master of Public Administration degree from Columbia University. Dr. Nick is also a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in New York and New Jersey with expertise in treating trauma, anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors.
As a public health practitioner and clinical social worker, Dr. Nick studies social and behavioral health and chronic diseases at the individual and community levels. He has led policy analyses, developed programming, and contributed to strategic health equity projects related to emergency preparedness, HIV/AIDS, minority health, and mental health services both in academia and in government.
Dr. Nick’s current program of research explores how social and structural factors influence mental health and chronic illness, and explores trajectories and correlates of health and psychosocial factors during the transition from midlife to older adulthood. His most recent research focused on exploring mental health conditions that mediate the relationship between early life adversity and behavioral addictions (problematic internet use and compulsive buying) and the socio-cultural factors that moderate those relationships.
