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Carlos R Oliveira, MD, PhD

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Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases & Global Health), of Biostatistics (Health Informatics), and of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Medical Director, Pediatric AIDS Program

Faculty, Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)

About

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Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases & Global Health), of Biostatistics (Health Informatics), and of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Medical Director, Pediatric AIDS Program; Faculty, Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)

Biography

Dr. Carlos Oliveira is an attending physician and specialist in pediatric infectious diseases at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital and Associate Professor at Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Public Health. He is board certified in General Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and Clinical Informatics, and serves as Director of Yale’s clinical programs in Pediatric HIV/AIDS and Congenital Infectious Diseases. His research centers on vaccinology and perinatal infections and has been continuously funded by the NIH for more than a decade. Nationally, he holds leadership roles within the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and has contributed to national clinical guidelines and policy statements on pediatric infectious diseases.

Last Updated on March 05, 2026.

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Education & Training

PhD
Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Investigative Medicine
Clinical Fellow
Yale New Haven Children's Hospital (2016)
Health Services Research Trainee
Yale University
Resident
Children’s Medical Center, University Of Texas Southwestern, Department of Pediatrics
MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
BS
Dallas Baptist University, Biology

Research

Overview

Public Health Interests

Vaccines

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Carlos R Oliveira's published research.

Publications

Featured Publications

2026

  • Real-world effectiveness of perinatal RSV immunoprophylaxis: protocol for a test-negative case–control study
    Llorente C, Wats A, Araujo B, Ganem J, Oliva I, Xu H, Brodsky N, Lucas C, Aronson P, Grubaugh N, Breban M, Redmond S, Shapiro E, Niccolai L, Weinberger D, Oliveira C. Real-world effectiveness of perinatal RSV immunoprophylaxis: protocol for a test-negative case–control study. BMJ Open 2026, 16: e114524. PMID: 41856594, PMCID: PMC13007147, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114524.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Social Determinants of Health and Pediatric Long COVID in the US
    Rhee K, Thaweethai T, Pant D, Stein C, Salisbury A, Kinser P, Kleinman L, Gallagher R, Warburton D, Mohandas S, Snowden J, Stockwell M, Tantisira K, Flaherman V, Teufel R, Castro L, Chung A, Espinoza Esparza J, Hockett C, Isidoro-Chino M, Krishnan A, McCormack L, Nabower A, Nahin E, Rosas J, Siddiqui S, Szmuszkovicz J, Vangeepuram N, Zimmerman E, Brown H, Carmilani M, Coombs K, Fisher L, Witvliet M, Wood J, Milner J, Rosenzweig E, Irby K, Karlson E, Qian Z, Lamendola-Essel M, Hasson D, Katz S, Yin H, Foulkes A, Gross R, Irby K, Zani K, Arthur L, Brown A, Evans D, Hill T, Hobart-Porter L, Howard L, Hummel K, Krehbiel H, Yount P, Elliott A, Adam G, Angal J, Barber M, Clark K, Dos Reis C, Freesemann M, Friedrich C, Hockett C, Johannsen R, Johnson-Vonk E, Kaiser C, Kruse A, Lang J, Lim P, McCoy M, Miller L, Petereit (Cerkovnik) S, RiChard (Werpy) J, Seiler J, Sundleaf B, Svendsen J, Trosper B, Vermeulen O, Young S, Palumbo P, Dabney S, Fahrner M, Gallagher T, Martini K, McNally M, Vivensi Stiverson S, Kosut J, Balaraman V, Cheung J, Hong T, Kalua S, Minami E, Siu A, Tong M, Teufel II R, Atz A, Dantas M, Kasmarcak T, Milks K, Ross J, Ikomi C, Meyer M, Pellicciotti G, Phan T, Ravin K, Reynolds V, Strang A, Thacker D, Diamond H, DiGuglielmo M, Frizzola M, Goetter A, Heinle R, Katz C, Kowal K, Pressley S, Slavin L, Tran L, Witkin G, Zimmerman E, Agosto Roman G, Alshawabkeh A, Ayala Ortiz I, Casey V, Cordero J, De Jesus J, Galan Rivera C, Huerta-Montanez G, Otero N, Rivera Robles M, Roman P, Roman G, Rosario-Pabon Z, Santiago X, Velez-Vega C, Vergara C, Gordon S, Albarado B, Allen T, Attuso A, Ayers T, Bebler E, Bella G, Bennett A, Brown J, Carville A, Darby S, Devall K, Dragg A, Elderedge A, Fontenot E, Fry G, Gildersleeve B, Goff S, Harrington L, Hsia D, Jones L, Kaiser V, Lee Y, Lee S, LeJeune E, Leonhard R, Levatino J, Lewis D, Lloyd A, Monce R, Munro S, Phillips M, Pucheu B, Rachal E, Rood J, Roussel S, Rumsey R, Sanford C, Santos M, Stafford A, Thomassie A, Waguespack C, Walgamotte K, Welch M, Windham A, Stevenson M, Bell T, Boyd J, Dasgupta S, Deans S, Harris K, Hemmerle M, King S, McGuire C, Merten B, Morris S, Ray M, Reinhardt B, Shemwell S, Simeon T, Walker K, Watson S, Weakley K, McCulloh R, Figliomeni J, Fischer L, Hoover D, Morse M, Nabower A, Roberts E, Sato A, Von Bon J, Raissy H, Archuleta D, Brito R, Campbell R, Cavanagh K, Chavez J, Dehority W, Garcia-Soberanez N, Gronert E, Kadish M, Larrabee J, Lovato D, Luo K, Martinez N, Merlino A, Reese E, Ward S, Wilson K, Bogie A, Brown R, Butchee R, Fergeson G, McKee R, Mohler B, Moore T, Owens V, Stubbs S, VanWagoner T, Cowan K, Bethel M, Chassereau L, Lahiri T, Cottrell L, Lake L, Moffett K, Polak E, Stutler S, Workman C, Warburton D, Mohandas S, Wood J, Carpenter E, Dhindsa I, Mejia S, Moghadam N, Mulder C, O'Neil S, Osornio A, Rios A, Rosen S, Smith A, Tabibi D, Tang S, Teame A, Milner J, Stockwell M, Anderson B, Aquino T, Berg E, Caddle S, Catallozzi M, Chung W, Connors T, De A, Diaz Perez A, DiLorenzo M, Dumitriu D, Farooqi K, Fremed M, Goldman S, Kaplan K, Krishnan U, Layton A, Lignelli-Dipple A, McClaren S, Overdevest J, Rodriguez M, Rosenzweig E, Selman J, Silver W, Silverio R, Valdez de Romero A, Vargas C, Werzberger A, Caputo D, Leggieri C, Pretsch P, Kleinman L, Gaur S, Ayala J, Batra A, Cerracchio L, Folnagy A, Gennaro M, Gzemski S, Hao Y, Li S, Masoudpour Y, Moroso S, Ness-Cochinwala M, Patel A, Patel K, Pinsa A, Richlin B, Sharma H, Soto D, Suarez C, Vargas Forero B, Zaidi Z, Olson L, Davis K, Fiks A, Griffith M, Harris D, Macario E, Steffes J, Torres A, Selvarangan R, Banerjee D, Day C, Howell K, Mains M, Salazar J, Zempsky W, Bean E, DeFelice C, El Chebib H, Herbst K, Lesmes S, Michelow I, Santos M, Schulman N, Pace W, Brooks-Greien A, Colin K, Hester C, Juarez-Colunga A, Manning B, Shields J, Westfall J, York D, Aschner J, Clouser K, Griswold J, Lee D, Nowakowski A, Riordan M, Bukulmez H, Kaelber D, Aamir R, Abuzahrieh M, Bangalore N, Brown A, Dalton W, Fortuna S, Minium J, Rosolowski B, Nolan S, Ahmed A, Braniecki S, Contreras M, Dozor A, Jain S, Kaseta S, Krishnan S, Messer Z, Ramirez A, Singh A, WIlliams R, Rhee K, Tantisira K, Akerlundh A, Akshoomoff N, Arroyo M, Barrientos W, Bhattacharjee R, Chao B, Diaz M, Garcia S, Garcia S, Gomez G, Herrera T, Holguin M, Khare M, Kiernan E, Landeo Gutierrez J, Matta I, Reyes S, Ryu J, Sanchez C, Schreck A, Warner M, Hasan U, Ricciardi E, Trespalacios V, Faustino V, DeClement A, Oliveira C, Rhee K, Tantisira K, Acosta Valle D, Chao B, Choudhary A, Glenn-Arroyo M, Kiernan E, Landeo-Gutierrez J, Madan A, McConnaughey K, Ramos Vallejo L, Sanchez C, Suarez M, Kinser P, Salisbury A, Espinoza J, Moyer S, Rider A, Russell S, Schecter M, Stevenson L, Stein C, Caldas S, Castro Ovalle T, Chung A, Devinsky O, Farkas J, Isidoro-Chino M, Kesebir D, Kim E, Quarless A, Schlechter A, Srinivasan R, Tan R, D'Sa V, Barry F, Burton P, Cano Lorente R, Cummins C, Wehbe S, Brown S, Dale A, Jernigan T, 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J, Ceger P, Croxford J, Cunningham E, Enger M, Fain K, Farris T, Hanlon S, Hines D, Johnson-Lawrence V, Jordan K, Lefebvre C, Linas B, Luukinen B, Mandal M, McKoy N, Nance S, Oakland A, Pasquarelli D, Quiner C, Sembajwe R, Shaw G, Thornburg V, Tosco K, Wright H, Gross R, Hochman J, Horwitz L, Katz S, Troxel A, Adler L, Akinbo P, Almenana R, Bello O, Bhuiyan S, Blachman N, Branski R, Briscoe J, Brosnahan S, Bueler E, Burgos Y, Caplin N, Chaplin D, Chen Y, Cheng S, Choe P, Choi J, Chung A, Church R, Cobos S, Croft N, Cruz Irving A, Del Boccio P, Díaz I, Doshi V, Ebel S, Faustin A, Febres E, Fine J, Fink S, Frontera J, Gallagher R, Gonzalez-Duarte A, Hasson D, Hill S, Islam S, Johnson S, Kansal N, Kenney R, Kewlani D, Lamendola-Essel M, Laynor G, Leon T, Lewczak Z, Linton J, Logan M, Malik N, Mamistvalova L, Mandel H, Maranga G, Mathews P, Mattoo A, Mei T, Mendelsohn A, Mercier E, Millar Vernetti P, Miller M, Mitchell M, Moreira A, Mudumbi P, Nahin E, Nair N, Nekulak J, Owens K, Parent B, 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Park H, Rabideau D, Reeder H, Rossi-Roh K, Santacroce L, Schlepphorst K, Schulte C, Selvaggi C, Shinnick D, Simons W, Simpson L, Sitak J, St. Jean Flanders M, Strasser Z, Thakrar M, Thaweethai T, Thorn M, Trewett P, Van Fleet D, Wagholikar K, Wang T, Wattanasin N, Weber G, Williams M, Zhang R, Cerda M, Clash V, Davis Blakley F, Taylor B, Zissis M, Akintonwa T, Blancero F, Brown H, Carmilani M, Copeland D, Hall Y, kondo K, Lerma L, Lindsay J, Marti H, Maughan C, Minor T, Vincent H, Burns J, Spudich S, Bailey C, Cicek M, Cortez M, Foulkes A, Goff D, Lasky-Su J, Metz T, Ofotokun I, Seshadri S, Stone J, Taylor B, Utz P, Williams N, Blomkalns A, Bassett I, Clifton R, Davis H, Erdmann N, Flaherman V, Gage Witvliet M, Goldberg M, Jain M, Klein J, Martinez T, McGrath R, Parthasarathy S, Pemu P, Rutter J, Anderson K, Aragon L, Azor-Sterlin M, Bander B, Basu L, Bishof K, Bolecek J, Burke C, Carignan E, Castro Baucom L, Chen H, Clash V, Cohen A, Cole S, Coombs K, Copeland V, Covington L, Cox W, Crawford S, Debrosse A, DeRosa R, Diggs M, Doster J, Douglas J, Dunn M, Edwards B, Evans L, Fisher L, Fisher K, Fitzgerald M, Fleming D, Gage Witliet M, Garbutt C, Ghormley T, Godwin T, Gressley A, Gustafson T, Hanlon W, Hassey T, Holmes V, Hornig M, Hornig M, Huff-Davis A, Jackson Love J, Jain N, Jones J, Kaleponi G, Karwowsky J, Kim C, Kindred E, La Londe-Pinkston J, Lam J, Letts R, Lewis J, Lima J, Lindsay D, Martinez A, McCorkell L, McCray N, McNulty M, Nguyen K, Nichols L, Noriega E, Nunes P, O'Brien L, Ortiz G, Owen S, Page J, Peddie A, Perlowski A, Phillips-Lorenzo E, Prentiss L, Raytselis N, Regino L, Rockwell M, Saldino R, Sapunar L, Savage S, Seibert E, Sekar A, Souder A, Spier E, Stanislawczyk M, Stein-Seroussi D, Sullivan C, Taylor E, Taylor K, Terry D, Wallace A, Warner J, White B, Wilensky R, Williams M, Williams N, Williams-Dawson K, Wylam A, Aschner J, Atz A, Banerjee D, Bogie A, Bukulmez H, Clouser K, Cottrell L, Cowan K, D’Sa V, Dozor A, Elliott A, Faustino E, Fiks A, Gaur S, Gennaro M, Gordon S, Hasan U, Hester C, Hogan A, Hsia D, Kaelber D, Kosut J, Krishnan S, McCulloh R, Michelow I, Nolan S, Oliveira C, Pace W, Palumbo P, Raissy H, Reyes A, Ross J, Salazar J, Selvarangan R, Stevenson M, Werzberger A, Westfall J, Zani K, Zempsky W, Chan J, Metz T, Newburger J, Truong D, Feldman C, Aupperle R, Baker F, Banich M, Barch D, Baskin-Sommers A, Bjork J, Dapretto M, Brown S, Casey B, Chang L, Clark D, Dale A, Ernst T, Fair D, Feldstein Ewing S, Foxe J, Freedman E, Friedman N, Garavan H, Gee D, Gonzalez R, Gray K, Heitzeg M, Herting M, Jacobus J, Laird A, Larson C, Lisdahl K, Luciana M, Luna B, Madden P, McGlade E, Müller-Oehring E, Nagel B, Neale M, Paulus M, Potter A, Renshaw P, Sowell E, Squeglia L, Uddin L, Wilson S, Yurgelun-Todd D. Social Determinants of Health and Pediatric Long COVID in the US. JAMA Pediatrics 2026, 180: 275-287. PMID: 41490011, PMCID: PMC12771387, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.5485.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Activities

  • activity

    Pediatric COVID-19 Task Force

    03/01/2020 - PresentCommitteesChair
  • activity

    Eastern Society of Pediatric Research (ESPR)

    02/01/2021 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsCouncil Member
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    Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), Committee on Pediatric COVID-19 Therapies

    2022 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsCo-Chair
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    American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Section on Epidemiology, Public Health & Evidence (SOEPHE)

    2022 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsExecutive Committee Member
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    American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Section on Infectious Diseases (SOID)

    2022 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsMember
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Honors

  • honor

    Castle Connolly Top Doctor

    02/05/2024National AwardCastle Connolly
  • honor

    Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program

    07/01/2022, 07/01/2020, 07/01/2015National AwardNational Institutes of Health
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    Junior Physician Investigator Award

    04/15/2022National AwardAmerican Federation for Medical Research
  • honor

    Janeway Scholar

    01/19/2022Yale University AwardYale University School of Medicine
  • honor

    Paul S. Goldstein, MD Lectureship

    03/01/2020Yale School of Medicine AwardYale University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
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Teaching & Mentoring

Mentoring

  • Camila Aparicio Llorente, MD

    Postgrad associate
    2023 - Present

Clinical Care

Overview

Carlos R. Oliveira, MD, PhD, is a pediatric infectious diseases specialist with expertise in the treatment of viral infections.

Dr. Oliveira is the director of Congenital Infectious Diseases at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital and is part of the leadership of the pediatric HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 programs.

“I have a special interest in the diagnosis and treatment of perinatal infections, including infections acquired before birth, during the delivery process, and in early infancy,” Dr. Oliveira says. “I also have expertise in the evaluation and management of COVID-19 and its long-term complications in children.”

Dr. Oliveira is also the co-leader of the Yale Network for Vaccine Initiatives, which is committed to improving population health through research and service activities that promote vaccination.

His research focuses on vaccine epidemiology, including post-licensure effectiveness and population level-impact, with the goal of developing and implementing strategies to improve vaccine research and decrease the burden of vaccine-related diseases.

Clinical Specialties

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

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  • Clinical Informatics

    Certification Organization
    AB of Preventive Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2022

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