Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests
- One Health
- Global Health
- Trypanosomiasis, African
- Tsetse Flies
Emerging Infections and Climate Change
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines ‘emerging infections’ as those whose incidence in humans has increased in the past two decades or threaten to increase in the near future. Climate change, urbanization, and changing land use are projected to lead to a more frequent emergence of infectious diseases in the coming decades. Vector-borne diseases sensitive to climate are changing and expanding in range. The Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) has taken a leading role in researching, teaching, surveillance, and controlling several emerging infectious diseases. These infections include anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Borrelia miyamotoi infection, Leptospirosis, Lyme disease, West Nile virus infection, trypanosomiasis, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, Powassan virus infection, Zika virus, and Covid-19. Most of these infections are globally distributed, which is reflected in the international geographic areas of our faculty’s research foci. The complex dynamics between climate change, global health, and emerging infections also raise critical ethical issues that are explored in our research and teaching.
Disease Areas
Faculty of Interest
Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Research Interests- HIV Infections
- Epidemiology
- Europe, Eastern
- Models, Biological
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Africa South of the Sahara
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- South America
- Tuberculosis
- Public Health
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Medicine (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Director, Implementation Science Track
Research Interests- COVID-19
- Critical Care
- Mobile Applications
- Global Health
- Tuberculosis
Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests- Ticks
- Public Health
- Parasitology
- Lyme Disease
- Insect Vectors
- Global Health
- Babesia
- Babesiosis
- Chikungunya virus
- Climate
- Climate Change
- Biological Evolution
- Borrelia
- Evolution, Planetary
- Epidemiology
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests- Aedes
- Arthropod Vectors
- Chikungunya virus
- Directed Molecular Evolution
- Disease Outbreaks
- Culex
- Dengue Virus
- Genetics, Microbial
- Epidemiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- West Nile virus
- RNA Viruses
Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Pharmacology; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Foodborne Diseases
- Epidemiology
- Hepatitis C
- Global Health
- HIV Infections
- Injections
- Vietnam
- Public Health
- Russia
Raj and Indra Nooyi Professor of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Medicine (Infectious Diseases); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests- Urban Health
- Meningitis, Bacterial
- Dengue
- Leptospirosis
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Epidemiology
- Global Health
Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases), in Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and in Pediatrics (Infectious Disease) and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Affiliated faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Lyme Disease
- Epidemiology
- Diseases
- Borrelia burgdorferi
- Biostatistics
- Blood Transfusion
- Babesiosis
- Relapsing Fever
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- Qualitative Research
- Human papillomavirus 11
- HIV
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging
- Epidemiology
- Epidemiologic Methods
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Vaccines
Professor Adjunct; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Infection Control
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome
- Drug Resistance
- Respiratory Tract Infections
John Rodman Paul Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Director of Graduate Studies
Research Interests- Genomics
- RNA Interference
- Tropical Medicine
- Trypanosomiasis, African
- Parasitic Diseases
Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology and Lecturer (Microbial Diseases); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Research Interests- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- Symbiosis
- Trypanosomiasis
- Tsetse Flies
Secondary & Adjunct Faculty
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Section Chief, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine
Research Interests- Ehrlichiosis
- Epidemiology
- Global Health
- Bacteria
- Borrelia burgdorferi
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Lyme Disease
- Malaria Vaccines
- Parasitology
- Public Health
- Ticks
- Viruses
- West Nile virus
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
Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Associate Dean for Scientific Affairs, Dept Clinical: Internal Medicine
Research Interests- Immune System
- Macrophages
- Immunity, Innate
- Immune System Diseases
- Pathology
- Neutrophils
- Asthma
- Aging
- COVID-19
- West Nile virus
- Virus Diseases
- Rheumatology
- Public Health
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- Translational Research, Biomedical
- Vaccines
- Pediatrics
- Lyme Disease
- Education
- Case-Control Studies
- Investigative Techniques
- Infectious Disease Medicine
Centers and other resources
- CT Emerging Infections Program (EIP)The goals of the program are to assess the public health impact of emerging and re-emerging infections and to evaluate methods for their prevention and control.