Christian Tschudi, PhD
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Biography
Christian Tschudi is the John Rodman Paul Professor of Epidemiology and Director of Graduate Studies at the Yale School of Public Health and earned an A.B. in microbiology and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Basel in Switzerland. He currently co-directs an NIH-sponsored Global Infectious Disease Training Program (D43) in translational research training on leishmaniasis & emerging infectious diseases and is the co-director of the China Scholarship Council-Yale World Scholars Program in Public Health. Dr. Tschudi is an expert on neglected tropical diseases, as evidenced by editorial board and study section appointments and a Burroughs Wellcome Award. He is currently the organizer of the international conference on kinetoplastid molecular cell biology. Dr. Tschudi’s studies focus on the biology of trypanosomes the causative agents of devastating diseases in Africa and South America with special emphasis on one of the fundamental steps in the life of a pathogen, namely the acquisition of infectivity.
Education & Training
- PhDUniversity of Basel (1982)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Elected member | Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering | 2020 |
John Rodman Paul Professorship | Yale University | 2016 |
Fellow | American Academy of Microbiology | 2014 |
Honorary Master of Arts Degree | Yale University | 2013 |
Burroughs Wellcome Fund New Investigator Award in Molecular Parasitology | Burroughs Wellcome | 2000 |
Research Project Award in Parasitology and Tropical Medicine | MacArthur Foundation | 1984 |
James Hudson Brown-Alexander B. Coxe Fellowship | Yale University | 1982 |
Pre-doctoral Fellowship | European Molecular Biology Laboratory | 1981 |
Pre-doctoral Fellowship | Swiss National Science Foundation | 1978 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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NIH/NIAID | F13 Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Fellowship Review Panel | 2020 |
NIH/NIAID | Special Emphasis Panel (ZAI1 ESB-D (J1) 1) NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (R13) | 2019 |
mBIO | Board of Editors | 2017 - Present |
The FASEB Journal | Editorial Board | 2016 - Present |
International Kinetoplastid Molecular Cell Biology Meeting | Chair | 2013 - Present |
NIH/NIAID | Study section for Pathogenic Eukaryotes | 2011 - 2017 |
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | Associate Editor | 2009 - Present |
Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology | Editor | 2007 - Present |
Departments & Organizations
- Center for RNA Science and Medicine
- Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
- Global Health Studies
- Microbiology
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Institute for Global Health
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale Superfund Research Center
- Yale Ventures
- YSPH Global Health Concentration