Erol Fikrig, MD
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
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My laboratory investigates vector-borne diseases. Studies are directed toward understanding Lyme disease, flaviviral infections including dengue and West Nile viruses, and malaria. Efforts on Lyme disease include exploring immunity to Borrelia burgdorferi, selective B. burgdorferi gene expression in vivo, and the immunobiology of Lyme arthritis. Flaviviruses and Plasmodium are used as models to understand the molecular interactions between pathogens, their arthropod vectors and their mammalian hosts. Finally, we are developing new approaches to prevent ticks and mosquitoes from feeding on a vertebrate host, thereby interfering with pathogen transmission.
Education & Training
- FellowYale University School of Medicine (1991)
- ResidentVanderbilt University Hospital (1988)
- MDCornell University (1985)
- BACornell University, Chemistry (1981)
Activities
- Acquired Tick ResistanceAmsterdam, NH, Netherlands 202216th International Conference on Lyme Disease
- Borrelia-Tick InteractionsSan Francisco, CA, United States 2022Visiting Professor
- Arthropod-Pathogen-Host InteractionsSingapore, Singapore 2021International Conference on Vector-borne Diseases
- Flavivirus-host interactionsKillarney, KY, Ireland 2019Keystone Symposia: Positive-strand RNA viruses
- Vaccines against Arthropod-borne DiseasesWashington, DC, United States 2019NIH Seminar Series
- Arthropod Saliva and PathogenesisFalmouth, MA, United States 2018Biology of Parasitism
- Novel Lyme disease VaccinesAtlanta, GA, United States 201815th International Congress on Lyme Borreliosis
- Arthropod-Pathogen-Vector InteractionsShenzhen, Guangdong Province, China 20182nd International Symposium on Vector-borne Diseases
- Arthropod-Pathogen InteractionsOrlando, FL, United States 2016International Congress of Entomology
- Arthropod saliva as vaccine targetsBaltimore, MD, United States 201614th Annual Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Conference
- AnaplasmosisBig Sky, MT, United States 2016International Meeting of the American Society of Rickettsiology
- Lyme borreliosisČeský Krumlov, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic 2015Keynote Address: Tick-borne Disease Conference
- Vector-Pathogen InteractionsTaos, NM, United States 2015Keynote Speaker: Symposia on The Arthropod Vector
- Lyme disease pathogenesisNewport Beach, CA, United States 2014Biology of Spirochetes
- Flaviviral PathogenesisLake George, NY, United States 2013Northeast Biodefense Conference
- Borrelia-tick InteractionsKraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland 2013Keynote Speaker: Insect Immunology
- Tick-borne diseasesNew York, NY, United States 2012DeGraff Lecturer
- Pathogenesis of Tick-borne DiseasesChicago, IL, United States 2011Plenary Speaker: AAP/ASCI
- Lyme disease pathogenesisNashville, TN, United States 2010M. Glenn Koening Visiting Professor
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Merit Award | National Institute of Health | 2016 |
Ruysch Visiting Professor | University of Amsterdam | 2014 |
Frontiers of Science Professor | Abo Akademi University | 2013 |
Member | Association of American Physicians | 2008 |
Member | Henry Kunkel Society | 2007 |
Boerhaave Professor | Leiden University | 2005 |
Member | Interurban Clinical Club | 2002 |
Clinical Scientist in Translational Research Award | Burroughs Wellcome Foundation | 2002 |
Established Investigator Award | American Heart Association | 2002 |
Member | American Society for Clinical Investigation | 1998 |
Fellow | Infectious Disease Society of America | 1998 |
Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences | Pew Foundation | 1997 |
Young Investigator Award | Infectious Disease Society of America | 1993 |
Dean's Young Faculty Award | Yale University School of Medicine | 1992 |
Daland Fellow | American Philosophical Society | 1990 |
Phi Beta Kappa | Cornell University | 1980 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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NIH Tick Borne Disease Group | Tick-borne Disease Group | 2021 - Present |
ASM | Guest Editor | 2020 - 2021 |
Journal of Infectious Diseases | Reviewer | 2018 - 2019 |
Cold Spring Harbor Banbury Center Conference | Conference on Immunity against Lyme disease | 2017 |
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station | Board Member | 2016 - Present |
Vector Biology Study Section | Member | 2016 - 2020 |
Cold Spring Harbor, Lyme Diagnostics Symposium | Chairperson | 2016 |
European Tick Vaccine Consortium, European Union | Advisor | 2015 - 2022 |
Finland National Science Institute | Reviewer | 2014 - 2015 |
Journal of Clinical Investigation | Reviewer | 2012 - 2018 |
HHMI | Reviewer | 2012 - 2013 |
Journal of Experimental Medicine | Reviewer | 2008 - 2009 |
Science | Reviewer | 2005 - 2017 |
Bacteriology Study Section | Member | 2000 - 2004 |
Nature | Reviewer | 2000 - 2021 |
Departments & Organizations
- Center for Infection and Immunity
- Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
- Fikrig Lab
- Global Health Studies
- Immunology
- Infectious Diseases
- Internal Medicine
- Microbial Pathogenesis
- Microbiology
- Molecular Virology
- Rheumatic Diseases Research Core
- Virology Laboratories
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Institute for Global Health
- Yale Medicine
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale Ventures
- Yale-UPR Integrated HIV Basic and Clinical Sciences Initiative