Brian Wahl, PhD, MPH

Dr. Brian Wahl is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Wahl has worked for almost twenty years to advance the prevention and control of infectious diseases, focusing on low- and middle-income countries. He is particularly interested in exploring how new interventions and policies affect the epidemiology of these respiratory pathogens in children.

Dr. Wahl leads field studies and uses mathematical modeling to address critical questions about infectious disease control performance, optimization, and equity. He is also passionate about strengthening public health research and epidemiology competencies among health professionals in various settings, including India and Nepal.

Before joining Yale University, he was based in South Asia for 15 years, where he collaborated with researchers from leading institutions in the region, including from India and Nepal. Dr. Wahl was an Associate Research Professor in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Wahl earned his MPH in epidemiology and biostatistics and his PhD in global disease epidemiology and control from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.