Faculty Mentors
This list is not complete, but includes faculty who have mentored students in the past or who are interested in serving as mentors in the future.
Nadia Abdala
Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Research Interests:Applied clinical virology
Achyuta Adhvaryu
Assistant Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and of Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Research Interests:Child health; Economic development; Intra-household resource distribution; Malaria; Health technology adoption; Tanzania
- Office:(203) 737-3379
Serap Aksoy
Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Research Interests:African trypanosomes; Bacterial symbionts of tsetse flies
Ather Ali
Associate Research Scientist in Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Integrative Medicine Specialist, Yale Stress Center
Research Interests:Medically unexplained symptoms; Fibromyalgia; Clinical Trials; Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Integrative medicine; Nutrition
Clinical Interests:integrative medicine; complementary / alternative medicine; naturopathic medicine; chronic disease; pain; fibromyalgia; cardiovascular risk reduction; prevention; nutrition; dietary supplements
- Office:(203) 737-2971
- Appt:(203) 737-3398
Frederick Altice
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Director, Clinical and Community Research
Director, HIV in Prisons Program
Director, Community Health Care Van
Icon Professor of Medicine, University of Malaya-Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA)
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
Research Interests:Interface between infectious diseases and substance abuse; HIV, HCV, and tuberculosis treatment in vulnerable populations (including injection drug users and prison inmates); antiretroviral therapy; extended release naltrexone, buprenorphine and methadone treatment in management of co-morbid conditions; healthcare integration; adherence interventions; behavioral interventions
Clinical Interests:Infectious diseases; HIV/AIDS; Viral hepatitis (HBV, HCV) and Tuberculosis; Addiction Medicine (Opioid substitution therapy, Pharmacotherapy for alcohol dependence; Methamphetamine Abuse); Motivational Interviewing; Health Services Research; Implementation Science
- Office:(203) 737-2883
Elizabeth Bradley
Professor of Public Health (Health Policy)
Director, Yale Global Health Initiative
Faculty Director, Global Health Leadership Institute
Master, Branford College, Yale College
Research Interests:Global health; Implementation science; Hospice care; Cardiovascular disease and quality of care; Management research
Richard Bucala
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology), of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Pathology and Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Research Interests:Mechanisms by which host immunity converts from a protective response to one producing disease and tissue pathology; Emergence of steroid resistance; Biochemical, biological, and genetic characterization of the MIF cytokine family; MIF's role in malaria and global infectious diseases; Pharmacologic immuniomodulation of the MIF pathway; Role of fibrocytes in different systemic fibroses
Clinical Interests:Autoimmune diseases; Rheumatoid arthritis; Systemic Fibroses; Y-NHH Consultation
- Office:(203) 785-2453
- Appt:(203) 737-5430
Michael Cappello
Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Director, Yale Program in International Child Health
Director, Yale World Fellows Program
Research Interests:Molecular parasitology; Hookworm pathogenesis & vaccine development; International child health
Clinical Interests:Infectious Diseases; Tropical Medicine and Parasitology; International Adoption
- Appt:(203) 785-4730
Kristopher Fennie
Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing
Research Interests:Infectious disease epidemiology in disenfranchised populations (HIV, HCV, STIs). Relationship between patient and provider in these populations. Medication adherence to HAART. Measurement issues in adherence. HIV, HCV, and blood borne pathogen education in China.
Brian Forsyth
Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) and Associate Professor in the Child Study Center
Associate Director for International Research, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
Medical Director, Pediatric Primary Care Center, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Research Interests:Pediatric HIV infection
Clinical Interests:General pediatrics; Pediatric HIV infection
- Office:(203) 688-2475
- Appt:(203) 688-5555
Gerald Friedland
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Research Interests:HIV care; Injection drug use and HIV; Anti-retroviral agents; Tuberculosis, HIV and TB drug resistant TB; Prevention and treatment in vulnerable populations
Clinical Interests:Infectious diseases; HIV care
- Office:(203) 688-6959
- Appt:(203) 688-5303
Joel Gelernter
Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Genetics and of Neurobiology
Director, Division of Human Genetics (Psychiatry)
Research Interests:Complex trait genetics; Psychiatric genetics; Population genetics; Substance dependence; Gene mapping
- Office:(203) 932-1x35 x3590
Elena Grigorenko
Emily Fraser Beede Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Psychology
Research Interests:Psychology; Learning disabilities; Neuropsychiatric genetics
Clinical Interests:Yale Academic Skills Clinic (www.yale.edu/eglab/yasc)
- Office:(203) 737-2316
- Lab:(203) 785-7605
- Appt:(203) 737-3502
Jhumka Gupta
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Research Interests:Gender-based violence; Reproductive health; HIV; Mental health; Refugee; Immigrant; Human trafficking; Conflict settings
- Office:(203) 737-4656
Robert Heimer
Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Pharmacology
Director, Emerging Infections Program
Research Interests:Mortality and morbidity in relation to injection drug use; HIV and hepatitis C transmission; Evaluation of prevention and treatment for people who inject drugs
- Office:(203) 785-6732
Karen Jubanyik
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director, Emergency Medicine Clerkship
Clinical Interests:Emergency medicine; palliative care; bioethics, women's health
- Office:(203) 785-6951
- Appt:(203) 688-2222
Trace Kershaw
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Research Interests:HIV/STD prevention; Reproductive and maternal-child health epidemiology
Kaveh Khoshnood
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Program Director- BA-BS/MPH Program in Public Health at Yale
Program Director – Global Health Studies Program at Yale College
Program Director – Global Health Fellows Program at Yale College
Director, Global Health Fellowships and Internships – Yale University
Research Interests:Infectious disease epidemiology
Albert Ko
Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Department Chair - Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
Research Interests:Leptospirosis; Dengue; Bacterial meningitis; Urban poverty; Vaccine preventable diseases
Harlan Krumholz
Harold H. Hines Jr. Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Investigative Medicine and of Public Health (Health Policy)
Director, Clinical Scholars Program
Director, Yale-New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
Research Interests:Outcomes research in cardiovascular disease
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; Echocardiography; public health; internal medicine; health outcomes;
- Office:(203) 764-5885
James Lazenby
Assistant Professor of Nursing and Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences
James Leckman
Neison Harris Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Pediatrics and of Psychiatry
Research Interests:Child and adolescent psychiatry; Tourette's syndrome; Obsessive/compulsive disorder (OCD)
Clinical Interests:Child and adolescent psychiatry; Tourette's syndrome; Obsessive/compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Office:(203) 785-7971
- Appt:(203) 785-5880
Robert Malison
Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU)
Director, Neuroscience Research Training Program
Chief, Cocaine Research Clinic
Research Interests:Neurobiology and genetics of substance dependence disorders; Psychostimulant (cocaine and methamphetamine) dependence; Drug abuse; Sleep and cognition; Impulsivity and stimulants
- Office:(203) 974-7557
- Appt:(203) 974-7560
Rafael Perez-Escamilla
Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Director, Office of Public Health Practice
Research Interests:Breastfeeding; Household food security measurement and outcomes; Maternal HIV and child development; Community health workers; Type 2 diabetes; Community nutrition program design and evaluation; Maternal-child public health nutrition; Health disparities
