Respiratory Tract Infections

Respiratory tract infections are a major cause of disease and death globally. Research in the Department of the Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases includes studies on the impacts of vaccines against bacteria and viruses that cause pneumonia, laboratory and population studies of the ecology of bacteria in the respiratory tract (including microbiome studies), mathematical and statistical modeling of the effects of interventions, environmental studies and spatial modeling of the risk for legionnaire's disease, and surveillance for flu and other respiratory pathogens.

Faculty of Interest

Robert Heimer, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Pharmacology; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Epidemiology
Global Health
Foodborne Diseases
Hepatitis C
HIV Infections
Injections
Vietnam
Russia
Public Health
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Linda Niccolai, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Director, HPV Working Group at Yale; Director, CT Emerging Infections Program at Yale, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
Research Interests
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Vaccines
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Epidemiologic Methods
Epidemiology
Human papillomavirus 11
HIV
Qualitative Research
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Melinda Pettigrew, PhD
Professor Adjunct; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Respiratory Tract Infections
Pneumonia
Infection Control
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Drug Resistance
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Virginia Pitzer, ScD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Co-director, Public Health Modeling Concentration; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests
Typhoid Fever
Paratyphoid Fever
Rotavirus
Immunization
Global Health
Ecology
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Brian Wahl, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
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Daniel Weinberger, PhD
Associate Professor Tenure; Co-director, Public Health Modeling Concentration; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests
Population Characteristics
Iceland
Netherlands
Public Health
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Respiratory Tract Infections
Denmark
Epidemiologic Methods
Europe
Fourier Analysis
Influenza, Human
Biology
Bacterial Infections
Americas
Diseases
Communicable Disease Control
Carrier State
Biostatistics
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Secondary & Adjunct Faculty

James Meek, MPH
Associate Director, Yale Emerging Infections Program, and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Associate Director, Yale Emerging Infections Program
Research Interests
Epidemiology
Tick Control
Ticks
Zoonoses
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Eugene Shapiro, MD
Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics; Deputy Director, Investigative Medicine PhD Program, Investigative Medicine Program; Co-Director of Education, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation, YCCI Senior Leadership; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests
Education
Case-Control Studies
Investigative Techniques
Infectious Disease Medicine
Translational Research, Biomedical
Vaccines
Pediatrics
Lyme Disease
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Kimberly Yousey-Hindes, MPH
Epidemiologist 3 and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Program Manager, RESP-NET, Connecticut Emerging Infections Program
Research Interests
Infectious Disease Medicine
Influenza, Human
Epidemiology
Lyme Disease
Zoonoses
Rabies
Population Surveillance
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Resources and Centers

CT Emerging Infections Program