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    Basile Njei, MD, PhD, MPH, FACHDM

    Assistant Professor
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    Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

    Co-Director, International Medicine Program, Digestive Diseases

    Associate Director, Clinical and Translational Core, Yale Liver Center

    Contact Info

    basile.njei@yale.edu
    203.932.5711 x5491

    Yale School of Medicine

    Department of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), PO Box 208019

    New Haven, CT 06520

    United States

    About

    Titles

    Assistant Professor

    Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Co-Director, International Medicine Program, Digestive Diseases; Associate Director, Clinical and Translational Core, Yale Liver Center

    Biography

    Dr. Basile Njei is Assistant Professor of Medicine and a graduate of the Yale Ph.D. in Investigative Medicine and Harvard Global Clinical Scholars programs. He received his medical doctorate with honors from The University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon, and was awarded the prestigious British Chevening scholarship to pursue public health training at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. After earning a Master’s in Public Health, he completed residency training at the University of Connecticut and a Gastroenterology Fellowship at Yale University. During his training, Dr. Njei received multiple honors, including the Howard Levine-MD Science Award, ACG Fellow-in-Training Award, AASLD Fellow Travel Award, AASLD Young Investigator Award, Dr. James Boyer Fellow Travel Award, and the Samuel Kushlan Award for Excellence in Research.

    In 2017, Dr. Njei was appointed adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale. Over the next five years, he practiced as a gastroenterologist in underserved communities across Maryland, Delaware, and Ohio, where he performed thousands of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopies and colonoscopies, particularly for minority and underserved populations. Dr. Njei has also collaborated with the U.S. Embassy in Cameroon and the Ministry of Public Health to promote medical education.

    Currently, Dr. Njei is the Co-Director of the International Medicine Program within Yale’s Section of Digestive Diseases and serves as a gastroenterologist at the West Haven Veterans Administration Hospital in Connecticut. His research centers on applying artificial intelligence and genetics to enhance the diagnosis of chronic liver diseases.

    Appointments

    Other Departments & Organizations

    Education & Training

    Post-Doctoral Global Clinical Scholar
    Harvard Medical School (2023)
    PhD
    Yale University, Investigative Medicine/Data Science (2022)
    Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
    VA Connecticut Healthcare System (2022)
    Gastroenterology Fellow
    Yale University School of Medicine (2017)
    Resident Physician
    University Of Connecticut School of Medicine (2014)
    MPH
    University of Edinburgh, Epidemiology/Biostatistics (2009)
    MD
    University of Yaounde I, Medicine (2008)

    Research

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Basile Njei, MD, PhD, MPH, FACHDM's published research.

    Publications

    2024

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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    • honor

      Fellow

      National AwardAmerican College of Health Data Management
    • honor

      ACG 2024 Presidential Poster

      National AwardAmerican College of Gastroenterology
    • honor

      2024 VA DEI Research Supplement Award

      National AwardUS Veterans Affairs Office of Research & Development
    • honor

      EASL-AASLD Masterclass

      International AwardEuropean Association for the Study of the Liver/American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
    • honor

      Early Career Investigator Abstract Award in Healthcare Disparities Research

      National AwardAASLD Foundation
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    Yale School of Medicine

    Department of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), PO Box 208019

    New Haven, CT 06520

    United States

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