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Virginia Pitzer, ScD

Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
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Co-director, Public Health Modeling Concentration

Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

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Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Co-director, Public Health Modeling Concentration; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

Biography

Virginia (Ginny) Pitzer, joined the Yale School of Public Health as an assistant professor in 2012. She received her bachelor’s degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University in 2002 and a Sc.D. in Epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health in 2007, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University and the Research and Policy for Infectious Disease Dynamics (RAPIDD) program at Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health prior to coming to Yale.

Her research focuses on mathematical and statistical modeling of the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases, including rotavirus, typhoid fever, and RSV. She studies how interventions such as vaccination, improved treatment of cases, and improvements in sanitation affect disease transmission at the population level. She has served on numerous World Health Organization advisory groups, including the Immunization and Vaccine-related Implementation Research Advisory Committee (WHO IVIR-AC) and is currently Co-Editor-in-Chief for PLOS Computational Biology.

Ginny also serves as Co-Director of the Public Health Modeling concentration and as a member of the Graduate Studies Executive Committee overseeing the PhD program at Yale School of Public Health.

Last Updated on July 08, 2025.

Appointments

Education & Training

ScD
Harvard School of Public Health, Epidemiology (2007)
AB
Princeton University, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (2002)

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Ecology; Global Health; Immunization; Paratyphoid Fever; Respiratory Syncytial Viruses; Rotavirus; Typhoid Fever

Public Health Interests

Vaccines; Respiratory Disease/Infections; Microbial Ecology; Modeling; Infectious Diseases; COVID-19; Child/Adolescent Health; Global Health

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Virginia Pitzer's published research.

Publications

2025

2024

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Activities

  • activity

    Rotavirus vaccine impact in developing countries

  • activity

    Rotavirus vaccine impact in Belgium

  • activity

    Typhoid fever dynamics and potential impact of vaccination

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  • Public Health Modeling Unit

    Academic Office

    350 George Street, Rm C311

    New Haven, CT 06511