Nickolas DeLuca, PhD

Nickolas (Nick) DeLuca, PhD, is the Associate Director for Communications (ADC) for the Center for Global Health (CGH)  at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Nickolas (Nick) DeLuca, PhD, is the Associate Director of Communications for The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Center for Global Health (CGH). Dr. DeLuca oversees a portfolio that includes risk communication, media relations, training, print and video product development, as well as web and social media activities. From 2012-2016 he served as the Chief of the Prevention Communication Branch in CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. In that role he oversaw science-based HIV communications programs and campaigns promoting HIV awareness, testing, prevention, and services for the general public, persons at risk for and living with HIV, as well as for health care professionals treating and caring for persons with HIV. From 2008-2011 Dr. DeLuca served as the prevention advisor with CDC’s Global AIDS Program in Namibia, where he managed HIV prevention, communications, education, and intervention programs.

A CDC employee since 1997, Dr. DeLuca has focused his communications, research, and evaluation work on the behavioral aspects of HIV and TB prevention and treatment, as well as global health. He has dedicated his career to improving the health of underserved communities both in the United States and globally. Dr. DeLuca received his PhD in Health Education and Health Promotion from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.