School of Public Health Faculty

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

Serap Aksoy

Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:African trypanosomes; Bacterial symbionts of tsetse flies

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

John Anderson

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Warren Andiman

Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Co-Director, Yale Adoption Clinic
Medical Director, Pediatric AIDS Care Program

Research Interests:Prospective longitudinal studies of clinical outcomes in a cohort of perinatally infected HIV-positive children; Morphologic, metabolic and endocrinologic consequences of longstanding HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy; Virologic and immunologic factors associated with long-term survival in perinatally infected HIV-positive children; AIDS clinical treatment trials in HIV-positive children; Transitioning long-term survivors of pediatric HIV infection into adult healthcare practices; Epidemiology and clinical manifestations of renal disease in HIV positive children

Clinical Interests:Pediatric infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS; Viral disease of children; Clinical trials in children; Diagnostic virology; international adoption; transition of HIV+ adolescents and young adults to adult health care venues

Martine Armstrong

Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Geoffrey Attardo

Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:Insect vectors; Reproduction; Genetics; Biochemistry; Tsetse fly; Nutrition; Viviparity; Trypanosomiasis; Africa

Diane Aye

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Thomas Balcezak

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Robert Baltimore

Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and Clinical Professor of Nursing
Associate Hospital Epidemiologist (for Pediatrics) Yale New Haven Hospital

Research Interests:Neonatal Infections; Epidemiology of Community-Acquired Infections; Epidemiology of Nosocomial Infections

Clinical Interests:Pediatric Infectious Disease; Nosocomial Infections; Newborn Infections; Tuberculosis; Cystic Fibrosis, pediatric infectious diseases; bacterial diseases; nosocomial infections

Kathleen Belanger

Senior Research Scientist in and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Kevin Bentley

Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:Lymphatics; Lymph nodes; Type 1 diabetes; Sjögren's syndrome; Lymphotoxin; Homeobox genes; Transgenic mice

Sandy Bogucki

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Research Interests:Firefighter health and safety; Physiology of firefighting; Planning and medical response to disasters

Clinical Interests:Emergency Medical Services

Mary Ann Booss

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Public Health Practice Manager

Jonathan Borak

Clinical Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health) and of Medicine (General Medicine)

Marna Borgstrom

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)
Pres & CEO YNHH

Edward Bortnichak

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Peter Boyle

Professor (Adjunct) of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Michael Bracken

Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and Professor of Neurology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Co-Director, Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology

Research Interests:Perinatal and pediatric epidemiology; Evidence-based health care and medicine

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

Kelly Brownell

Professor of Psychology, of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Forestry And Environmental Studies

Clinical Interests:Diet; nutrition; food policy; weight stigma issues

Robert Bruce

Assistant Professor of Medicine (AIDS) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:substance abuse/dependence; infectious diseases; HIV; Hepatitis C

Clinical Interests:Substance Abuse/Dependence and Infectious Diseases; HIV; Hepatitis C; Evidence Based Treatments for Addiction and HIV

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

Susan Busch

Associate Professor of Public Health (Health Policy)
Chair, Health Policy and Management

Research Interests:Health insurance; mental health care; Affordable Care Act implementation

Adalgisa Caccone

Lecturer in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and Senior Research Associate in Forestry And Environmental Studies and Senior Research Scientist in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Sr Rsrch Scientist/Lect Ecology/Evolutionary Bio & Sch of For & Env Stu, Dir EcoSave, Lect EPH

Marguerite Callaway

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Lisa Calvocoressi

Associate Research Scientist in Public Health (Biostatistics)

Maureen Canavan

Associate Research Scientist in Public Health (Health Policy)

Priscilla Canny

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Gayle Capozzalo

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

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

Brenda Cartmel

Research Scientist in and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Nutrition; Cancer prevention; Cancer survivorship

Matthew Cartter

Associate Clinical Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Tiago Castilho

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Donna Chapman

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:breastfeeding, health disparities, breastfeeding peer counseling, maternal and child nutrition

Gail Charnley

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Xi Chen

Assistant Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and of Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Research Interests:Health economics; Development economics; Labor economics; Social interactions and networks; Applied econometrics; China; India; Indonesia

Jamie Childs

Senior Research Scientist in and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:hantaviruses; arenaviruses; rabies; rickettsia; bartonella; borrelia; leptospira

Lisa Chung

Associate Research Scientist in Public Health (Biostatistics)

Maria Ciarleglio

Associate Research Scientist in and Lecturer in Public Health (Biostatistics)

Katrina Clark

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Elizabeth Claus

Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics)
Director of Medical Research, School of Public Health

Research Interests:Meningioma; Genome-wide association study; DCIS; Low-grade glioma; Risk prediction; Genetic epidemiology; CNS breast metastases; Intra-operative MRI; LCIS; Acoustic neuroma

Clinical Interests:Brain tumors; Meningioma; Glioma; Central nervous system metastases; Breast metastases; Acoustic neuroma; Radiosurgery; Computer-Guided Intra-operative Neuronavigation

Paul Cleary

Anna M. R. Lauder Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and Professor of Sociology
Dean, Yale School of Public Health
Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA)

Research Interests:Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Health Services Research

Howard Cohen

Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Medicine (Occupational Medicine) and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Zack Cooper

Assistant Professor of Public Health (Health Policy), of Economics and of Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Forrest Crawford

Assistant Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics)

Amanda Cross

Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Leslie Curry

Senior Research Scientist in and Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)
Co-Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program

Research Interests:Quality of health care and patient experiences with health and health care systems; Organizational culture and performance; Scale up of innovations; Social and health care spending

Feng Dai

Associate Research Scientist in Public Health (Biostatistics)

Research Interests:Genetic Epidemiology, Patient Outcome Research in Anesthesiology

Martha Dale

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)
Director for China Programs, Global Health Leadership Institute

Richard D'Aquila

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Amy Darefsky

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Louise-Marie Dembry

Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Co-Director, Yale-New Haven Hospital Quality Improvement Support Services
Hospital Epidemiologist, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Research Interests:Hospital epidemiology--prevention and control of healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistant organisms; molecular typing techniques in study of prevention and control of healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistant organisms

Clinical Interests:Inpatient management of and consultation for infectious diseases; healthcare associated infections; hospital epidemiology

Mayur Desai

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Director, Advanced Professional MPH Program
Core Faculty, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program

Research Interests:Epidemiologic Methods; Health Services Research; Mental Disorders; Cardiovascular Disease; Global Health

Vincent DeVita, Jr

Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Medicine (Medical Oncology)

Research Interests:Drug Resistance; Hodgkin's Disease; Lymphomas; Molecular Technology; Primary Chemotherapy

Clinical Interests:Consultations on Patients with lymphomas; Breast cancer; Melanoma; Hodgkin's disease; Cancer chemotherapy; Epidemiology; Public health

Andrew DeWan

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Genetic epidemiology; Statistical genetics; Asthma; Preeclampsia; Sepsis

Maria Diuk-Wasser

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:Disease ecology; eco-epidemiology; spatio-temporal risk modeling; babesiosis; emerging zoonoses; pathogen interactions; coinfection; geographic expansion; dengue; West Nile virus;

Henry Dove

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Arthur Du Bois

Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology (Environmental Health) and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Robert Dubrow

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Glioma; Glioblastoma; HIV-related malignancies; immunosuppression and cancer

Jan Dunn

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Amanda Durante

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Adrienne Ettinger

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Effects of environmental exposures on reproductive, perinatal, and children's health; Global health; Nutrition; Molecular epidemiology

Leah Ferrucci

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Cheryl Fields

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

David Fiellin

Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Public Health (Health Policy)
Professor, Investigative Medicine

Research Interests:Substance abuse treatment in primary care; emergency department and HIV specialty settings opioid agonist treatment with buprenorphine; pharmacologic treatment of alcohol

Clinical Interests:Primary care; general internal medicine; addiction medicine

Erol Fikrig

Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Section Chief, Infectious Diseases

Research Interests:Vector-borne diseases; Lyme disease; Human granulocytic ehrilichiosis; West Nile virus

Clinical Interests:Lyme disease; Anaplasmosis; General infectious diseases; Rheumatology

Durland Fish

Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Forestry And Environmental Studies

Research Interests:Vector-borne diseases; ecology; evolution; epidemiology; prevention; climate change; borrelia; babesia; ticks; mosquitoes

Jason Fletcher

Associate Professor of Public Health (Health Policy)
Faculty Research Fellow, NBER
Research Fellow, IZA

Research Interests:Social networks; Gene-Environment Interactions; Adolescent depression; Causal inference; AD/HD; Obesity; Health behaviors

Howard Forman

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Economics, of Management and of Public Health (Health Policy)
Director of MD/MBA Program at Yale
Director of MBA for Executives: Leadership in Healthcare
Director, Health Care Management Program

Research Interests:Healthcare policy; Health economics; Medicare and medicaid finance; Radiation risks and consent practices; MQSA; Women in radiology; Workforce in radiology; Undergraduate and graduate education

Clinical Interests:Computed tomography (CT); Abdominal imaging; Genito-urinary imaging; Trauma and emergency imaging

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

Alison Galvani

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research Interests:Applications of epidemiology and evolutionary ecology in the study of numerous diseases

Shelley Geballe

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Janneane Gent

Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Research Interests:Air pollution; Childhood asthma

Alan Gerber

Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Political Science and Professor of Public Health (Health Policy)

Thomas Gill

Humana Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine
Director, Yale Program on Aging
Director, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
Director, Yale Center for Disability and Disabling Disorders
Director, Yale Training Program in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research

Research Interests:Epidemiology and prevention of functional decline and disability among community-living older persons

Clinical Interests:Memory loss; Dementia; Geriatric assessment; Depression; Frailty; Functional decline; Disability

William Gillespie

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Gary Ginsberg

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Bonnie Gould Rothberg

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology), of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Pathology

Research Interests:Molecular cancer epidemiology; Cancer prognosis; Melanoma - skin cancer; Lung cancer; Lymphangioleiomyomatosis; Tuberous sclerosis; Next-generation sequencing; Immunohistochemistry and quantitative immunofluorescence; Biospecimens and biobanking; Lifestyle choices associated with cancer outcome

Lauretta Grau

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:Health psychology; HIV prevention

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)

Ralitza Gueorguieva

Research Scientist in Public Health (Biostatistics)

Jhumka Gupta

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Gender-based violence; Reproductive health; HIV; Mental health; Refugee; Immigrant; Human trafficking; Conflict settings

Michael Gusmano

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

James Hadler

Associate Clinical Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Gang Han

Associate Research Scientist in Public Health (Biostatistics)

Research Interests:Survival data analysis, design and analysis of computer experiments, Bayesian statistics

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

Rani Hoff

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Associate Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
Director, Northeast Program Evaluation Center
Director, Evaluation Division, National Center for PTSD

Research Interests:Female veterans; Gambling disorders; Program Evaluation; Coping behaviors; Problematic Gaming; PTSD; pain and mental disorders; suicide prevention

Josephine Hoh

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health) and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Research Interests:Interactions among genes; Environmental exposures

Theodore Holford

Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics) and Professor of Statistics

Research Interests:The current research in which Professor Holford participates involves the development and application of statistical methods in health research. This work focuses on methodology for the analysis of spatial and temporal trends in disease.

Sarah Horwitz

Professor Emeritus of Public Health (Health Policy) and Associate Professor in the Child Study Center

Lin Hou

Associate Research Scientist in Public Health (Biostatistics)

Amber Hromi-Fiedler

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Food insecurity; nutrition in emergencies; prenatal nutrition

Hao Huang

Associate Research Scientist in Public Health (Biostatistics)

Debbie Humphries

Clinical Instructor in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Jeannette Ickovics

Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Psychology
Director, Community Alliance for Research & Engagement (CARE)
Deputy Director and Director of Training, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS

Research Interests:Teen pregnancy and STI risk; chronic disease prevention; community engaged research; interventions; randomized controlled trials

Melinda Irwin

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Energy balance; Cancer prevention and prognosis

James Jekel

Professor Emeritus of and Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Bruce Jennings

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Yinlong Jin

Visiting Professor

Hakryul Jo

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Research Interests:Natural and synthetic chemicals; Cancer; Age-related macular degeneration

Beth Jones

Research Scientist in and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Cancer; Health disparities; Breast Cancer; Mammography Screening; African American; Black; Hispanic/Latino; Breast Density; Neighborhood; Racism; Obesity; Communication; GST-Polymorphisms; P53; Survival

Amy Justice

Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Public Health (Health Policy)
Section Chief of General Internal Medicine VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Research Interests:Chronic disease; HIV infection; Veterans Aging Cohort Study

Michael Kane

Associate Research Scientist in Public Health (Biostatistics)

Research Interests:High-Performance Statistical Computing, Graphical Models

Edward Kaplan

William N. and Marie A. Beach Professor of Management and Professor of Public Health (Health Policy)

Research Interests:Operations research for public policy and management; Homeland security and counter terror operations research; HIV/AIDS policy and management issues; Applied probabilistic modeling and statistics

Stanislav Kasl

Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Psychosocial Epidemiology

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

Martin Klein

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)
Associate Dean for Development and External Affairs

Research Interests:Curriculum Development; Pedagogy; Social Entrepreneurship

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

Nikolay Kolev

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:Trypanosoma brucei; RNA processing; Gene expression regulation

Peter Krause

Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and in Pediatrics (Infectious Disease) and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:Vector borne diseases

Clinical Interests:Vector borne diseases in children and adults; Pediatric infectious 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;

Qing Lan

Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Brian Leaderer

Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health) and Professor of Forestry And Environmental Studies
Deputy Dean of Public Health

Research Interests:Exposures to air contaminants; Air quality issues

Mary Alice Lee

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Erica Leifheit-Limson

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Psychosocial Epidemiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Stroke; Outcomes; Quality of Care

Lowell Levin

Professor Emeritus of and Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Becca Levy

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Psychology
Director, Social and Behavioral Sciences Division

Research Interests:Psychosocial influences on aging

DeWei Li

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Judith Lichtman

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Cardiovascular Diseases; Stroke; Women's Health; Elderly; Young; Outcomes; Quality of Care

Haiqun Lin

Associate Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics)

Research Interests:Statistical methods for time-varying biological responses

Erika Linnander

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Elisa Long

Assistant Professor of Management and of Public Health (Health Policy)

Lingeng Lu

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Cancer Etiology; Cancer Diagnostic and Prognostic Markers; Personalized Therapy

Shuangge Steven Ma

Associate Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics)

Research Interests:Bioinformatics; Survival analysis; Semiparametric methods; Cancer study; Mental disorders; Health economics

Xiaomei Ma

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Epidemiology of hematological malignancies

Robert Makuch

Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics) and in the Child Study Center

Research Interests:Clinical studies; Methodology

Linda Marc

Lecturer in Public Health
Education and Curriculum Development Director, Harvard School of Public Health

Research Interests:HIV; Mental Health; Men who have Sex with Men; Sexual Violence; Women; Vulnerable Populations

Lawrence Marks

Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health) and of Psychology

Research Interests:Human sensory, perceptual, and cognitive function; Psychophysics

Susan Mayne

C.-E.A. Winslow Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Associate Director, Population Sciences at Yale Cancer Center
Department Chair, Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Research Interests:Nutritional epidemiology of chronic diseases; Nutrition and cancer prevention and survivorship; cancer epidemiology and genetics

Clinical Interests:Diet; nutrition

Ruth McCorkle

Florence Schorske Wald Professor of Nursing and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Interim Specialty Director, Adult Health

Joanne McGovern

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Diane McMahon-Pratt

Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:Immune Response to Infectious Disease; immunotherapy; vaccine

Zahirah McNatt

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Stephen Merz

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Alice Miller

Associate Research Scientist in Law and Lecturer in Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Assistant Clinical Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Impact of law and policy on construction and experience of gender, sexuality, health and human rights in domestic and global settings.

I George Miller, Jr

John F. Enders Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease) and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Section Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Research Interests:Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV); Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV); Tumor virology

Clinical Interests:Viral diseases; Hodgkin's Disease; Kaposi's Sarcoma; Lymphoma; Multiple Myeloma

Joan Monin

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Aging; Caregiving; Emotion; Health; Attachment

Lloyd Mueller

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Jewel Mullen

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and in Public Health

Leonard Munstermann

Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Head Curator of Entomology (Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History)

Research Interests:Molecular genetics; insect vectors; phlebotomine sand flies; entomology; phylogeny; taxonomy; speciation

Ingrid Nembhard

Associate Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and of Management

Research Interests:Health care management; Organizational behavior; Organizational learning; Performance improvement; Quality of health care

Linda Niccolai

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Director, HPV-IMPACT Project (Emerging Infections Program)

Research Interests:STIs; HIV

James Niederman

Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Residential College Associate

Elaine O'Keefe

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Jorge Otero

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Clinical Interests:Emergency Medicine health care delivery, Ultrasonagraphy in emergency care, International Emergency Care delivery, Quality improvement in Emergency health care delivery, Cost effective Technologies applied in Middle Income Countries for improvement of delivery of care

A David Paltiel

Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and of Management

Research Interests:Operations research and disease simulation modeling

Sunil Parikh

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Research Interests:translation research in malaria, pharmacology of antimalarials, hiv-malaria co-infection, host response to malaria infection, innate immunity to malaria

Curtis Patton

Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Peter Peduzzi

Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics)
Director, Yale Center for Analytical Sciences (YCAS)

Research Interests:Clinical trials; comparative effectiveness research; general statistical methods; variable selection

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

Claude Petit

Lecturer in Public Health (Biostatistics)

Melinda Pettigrew

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Research Interests:Infectious diseases

Virginia Pitzer

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:Transmission dynamics; Rotavirus; Typhoid fever

Jeffrey Powell

Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Forestry And Environmental Studies

Li Qin

Associate Research Scientist in Public Health (Biostatistics) and in Medicine (Pulmonary)

James Rawlings

Clinical Instructor in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Harvey Risch

Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Cancer etiology and prevention; Epidemiologic methods; Pancreatic cancer; Ovarian cancer; Gastric cancer; Esophageal cancer; Helicobacter pylori and cancer

Robert Rosenheck

Professor of Psychiatry and of Public Health (Health Policy)

Research Interests:Homelessness; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Ananya Roy

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Global health, gene-environment interactions, Lead, Air pollution, Pesticides, Neurocognition, cardio respiratory disease.

Julia Rozanova

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Nancy Ruddle

Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:Cell trafficking and inflammation in autoimmunity and lymphoid organ development

Jennifer Ruger

Associate Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Law

Theodore Ruger

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Mark Russi

Professor of Medicine (Occupational Medicine) and of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)
Director, Occupational Health Services, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Research Interests:Occupational and environmental epidemiology; Infectious disease epidemiology; Healthcare workers' health issues

Clinical Interests:Occupational and environmental health problems; cancers and carcinogenic effects; exposures among healthcare workers

Peter Salovey

Chris Argyris Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and Professor of Faculty of Arts and Sciences, of Management, of Sociology and of Psychology
Provost of the University

Research Interests:Health Communication; Health Behavior; Human Emotion

Bernard Schachtel

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Mark Schlesinger

Professor of Public Health (Health Policy)

Research Interests:Health care

Marlene Schwartz

Senior Research Scientist in Psychology and in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Eugene Shapiro

Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Deputy Director, Investigative Medicine Program
Co-Director of Education, of KL-2 Mentored Clinical Scholar Program and of Child Health Research, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
Associate Chair for Clinical Translational and Educational Research, Department of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, Chair, Subboard of Infectious Diseases

Research Interests:Vaccines; Lyme disease; Epidemiology of infectious diseases

Clinical Interests:Lyme disease in children; Infectious diseases; Vaccination

Fatma Shebl

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:HCV response to treatment; Natural history of HCV infection; Immune response; Infection-related cancer; Cancer epidemiology; Cancer immunology; Inflammation; Research methodology

Douglas Shenson

Associate Clinical Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Jody Sindelar

Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and of Economics
Executive Committee, ISPS
Research Associate, NBER

Research Interests:Substance abuse economics

Richard Skolnik

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy) and Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Research Interests:long-run financing of HIV/AIDS; health financing in low-income countries; TB control; undernutrition;

Michael Skonieczny

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)

Martin Slade

Lecturer in Medicine (Occupational Medicine) and in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Jonathan Smith

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Megan Smith

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and in the Child Study Center and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Director, New Haven Mental health Outreach for MotherS (MOMS) Partnership

Research Interests:Mental health promotion and prevention in children and families; Mental illness in pregnancy and parenting; Community-based mental health research; Community-based participatory research in mental health; Gender disparities in mental illness

David Snow

Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Prevention; Health promotion; Workplace interventions; Stress; Coping; Social support; Intimate partner violence

Andre Sofair

Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:Emerging infectious diseases

Clinical Interests:General internal medicine; Hepatitis C

Lynn Sosa

Assistant Clinical Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:Tuberculosis- genotyping; Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Stephanie Spangler

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy) and Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences

Judith Sparer

Lecturer in Medicine (Occupational Medicine) and in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Research Interests:workplace exposures; exposure to isocyanates, noise and exposure to dust and bacteria in poultry farming

Nina Stachenfeld

Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Research Interests:Environmental physiology; Reproductive hormone effects on temperature and body fluid regulation; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; Orthostatic tolerance; Blood pressure regulation

Denise Stevens

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

John Stitt

Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Jan Stolwijk

Professor Emeritus of Public Health and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Meredith Stowe

Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Occupational Medicine) and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Research Interests:Epidemiology of isocyanates and other occupational or environmental exposures.

Ning Sun

Research Scientist in Public Health (Biostatistics)

Research Interests:Systems Biology; Statistical Analysis; Genomics

Kristina Talbert-Slagle

Associate Research Scientist in Public Health (Health Policy) and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:global health; complex systems; health spending; social services spending; infectious disease; HIV/AIDS; public-private partnerships; water and sanitation

Jacob Tebes

Professor of Psychiatry, in the Child Study Center and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Director, Division of Prevention and Community Research, Department of Psychiatry
Director, The Consultation Center
Director of Psychology, Connecticut Mental Health Center

Research Interests:Community psychology; Prevention & mental health promotion; Adolescent substance abuse; Culture & human diversity; Recovery from mental illness; Research methodology; Program & systems evaluation; Interdisciplinary research; Community science; Team science

Gregory Tignor

Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Mary Tinetti

Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine
Section Chief, Geriatrics

Research Interests:Falls and injuries; Mobility; Clinical decision-making in the face of multiple health conditions; Harms and benefits of medications

Clinical Interests:Geriatric assessment; Falls and injuries; Dementia; Cognitive impairment

Christian Tschudi

Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Director of Graduate Studies

Research Interests:African trypanosomiasis; Gene expression profiling; Gene discovery; Next-generation sequencing; RNA interference

Peter Van Ness

Research Scientist in Medicine (Geriatrics) and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Co-Director, Biostatistics Core, Yale Program on Aging

Research Interests:analysis of categorical and longitudinal data; techniques for handling missing data; qualitative data analysis; measurement issues; gerontologic biostatistics

Rong Wang

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Shiyi Wang

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Cost-effectiveness analysis; Comparative effectiveness analysis; Meta-analysis; Outcomes research; Simulation modeling

Zuoheng Anita Wang

Assistant Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics)

Research Interests:Statistical Genetics; Bioinformatics; Genomics

Daniel Weinberger

Instructor in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:Vaccine effectiveness; Bacterial evolution; Strain dynamics

Brian Weiss

Associate Research Scientist in and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Research Interests:insect disease vector; symbiont; trypanosomiasis; Wigglesworthia; Sodalis

Marney White

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and Research Scientist in and Associate Research Scientist in Psychology
Associate Director, Yale Center for Anxiety and Mood Disorders

Research Interests:Binge eating disorder; Obesity

Clinical Interests:Eating disorders; Obesity; Smoking cessation; Mood Disorders; Anxiety Disorders

Ted White

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Elsio Wunder, Jr.

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Qingshang Yan

Associate Research Scientist in Public Health (Biostatistics)

Catherine Yeckel

Associate Research Scientist in and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Research Interests:Obesity; Insulin resistance; Exercise training

Kimberly Yonkers

Professor of Psychiatry and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Director, PMS and Perinatal Psychiatric Research Program

Research Interests:Women's health; Psychiatric Disorders in Women; Gender Differences in Mental Health; Substance Use Disorders in Women; Perinatal Mental Health; Premenstrual Disorders

Clinical Interests:Mood disorders in women; Premenstrual dysphoric disorder; Managing psychiatric and addictive disorders in pregnancy

Kimberly Yousey-Hindes

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Project Coordinator, Influenza/RDA

Research Interests:Infectious Disease

Herbert Yu

Professor (Adjunct) of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Gene-environment interaction in cancer development and progression; Energy balance and mitogenic growth factors in cancer; Lifestyle's impact on epigenetic regulation in relation to cancer risk and prognosis; Molecular markers for cancer detection, prognosis and treatment

Joseph Zaccagnino

Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy)
Research Staff

Daniel Zelterman

Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics)

Research Interests:Applied statistics

Heping Zhang

Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics) and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Statistics

Research Interests:Biostatistics; Genomics; Epidemiology; Psychiatry; Pregnancy; Infertility; Substance Use; Bioinformatics

Yawei Zhang

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Research Interests:Cancer epidemiology; Etiology; Survivorship; Adverse birth outcomes

Hongyu Zhao

Ira V. Hiscock Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics) and Professor of Genetics and of Statistics

Research Interests:statistical genomics; computational biology; genetic epidemiology; genome wide association studies; complex diseases; risk prediction; high dimensional data; dimension reduction; network models; graphical models; bioinformatics; next generation sequencing analysis; cancer genomics; epigenetics; herbal medicine; microbiome; proteomics

Tongzhang Zheng

Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)
Department Chair, Environmental Health Sciences

Research Interests:Environmental pollution and human health; Cancer epidemiology and etiology

Bingqing Zhou

Assistant Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics)

Yong Zhu

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Research Interests:Circadian genes; MicroRNAs; Shift-work; Breast Cancer; Lymphoma; Prostate Cancer

Alfred Zullo

Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)