Dr. Ni’s research focuses on using mobile technologies to prevent cardiovascular disease and HIV/AIDS. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Dissertation Award of Duke University and the Excellent Paper Award of the Chinese Nursing Association. He has conducted international research at the interface of chronic diseases, infectious diseases, and mobile health in the U.S., China, Nepal, Malaysia, and Indonesia. His current projects are funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and focused on developing artificial intelligence chatbots to promote HIV testing and prevention in Malaysia among populations at high risk for HIV/AIDS. Dr. Ni is also one of the lead faculty of the Yale Office of Global Affairs & Planetary Health and serves as the Director of International Academic Partnerships and Programs in the Yale School of Nursing.