Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)Cards
About
Titles
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Program Co-Director, Global Health Ethics Program, Yale Institute for Global Health
Biography
Dr. Khoshnood is an Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Yale School of Public Health and executive committee member at Yale Council on Middle East Studies. He is Faculty Director for Humanitarian Research Lab. Dr. Khoshnood is trained as an infectious disease epidemiologist and has more than three decades of domestic and international experience in HIV prevention research among people who use drugs and other at-risk populations. Dr. Khoshnood's research interests include: 1) epidemiology and prevention of HIV/AIDS, 2) research ethics and 3) humanitarian health.
Appointments
Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
Associate Professor on TermPrimarySchool of Nursing
Associate Professor on TermSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- African Studies
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
- Climate Change and Health
- Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
- Formative Childhood and Peace Building
- GEOHealth-MENA program
- Global Health Studies
- Jackson-Global Affairs
- Khoshnood Lab
- Middle East and North Africa Program for Advanced Injury Research (MENA PAIR)
- Middle East Studies
- Office of Global Health Education
- Program for Biomedical Ethics
- Refugee Health Program
- School of Nursing
- Yale Center for Asylum Medicine
- Yale Institute for Global Health
- Yale Medicine
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale Ventures
- Yale-UPR Integrated HIV Basic and Clinical Sciences Initiative
- YSPH Global Health Concentration
Education & Training
- PhD
- Yale University (1995)
- MPH
- Yale University (1989)
Research
Overview
Kaveh Khoshnood is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) at the Yale School of Public Health. His research interests include the epidemiology, prevention and control of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis among people who use drugs, prisoners and other at risk populations in the United States and in resource-poor countries. Dr. Khoshnood also studies the links between health and human rights, the role of health in international relations and the ethical dilemmas in research involving vulnerable populations. Dr. Khoshnood conducts research and mentors researchers in China, Lebanon and Bhutan.
Dr. Khoshnood received his M.P.H. and Ph.D. from the Yale School of Public Health. He received the Teacher of the Year Award from the Yale School of Public Health and the Surgeon General’s Certificate of Appreciation. Dr. Khoshnood also served as a consultant for the Office of AIDS Research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Medical Research Interests
Public Health Interests
News & Links
News
- April 09, 2025Source: Associated Press
US restores urgent food aid, except in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest countries
- March 28, 2025Source: The New York Times
Yale database on Ukrainian children will be preserved, official says
- February 21, 2025Source: Yale Daily News
ANALYSIS: A warmer world may be a more violent world
- February 02, 2025
Humanitarian Research Lab joins international coalition protecting health care workers
Get In Touch
Contacts
Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
PO Box 208034, 60 College Street
New Haven, CT 06520-8034
United States
Locations
60 College Street
Academic Office
Ste 826
New Haven, CT 06510
Events
Everyone Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, MPH - Jenna L. Butner, MD, MPH, FASAM, AAHIVSThis session will be held virtually via Zoom. Register via the link provided.