Virginia Pitzer, ScD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Dr. Pitzer’s research focuses on mathematical modeling of infectious diseases. Climate-related projects involve elucidating drivers of the seasonality and spatiotemporal patterning of environmentally transmitted pathogens, including: (1) the seasonal determinants of respiratory syncytial virus transmission; (2) the links between climate, water source, and historical patterns of typhoid fever mortality in the United States; and (3) the impact of variable rainfall on the transmission dynamics of water-borne pathogens (cholera, typhoid fever, rotavirus) in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.