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Lauren Pischel, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
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Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

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Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

Biography

Dr. Lauren Pischel obtained her undergraduate degree in biology at Brown University and worked in the lab of Dr. Jake Kurtis on the development of a pediatric malaria vaccine. She obtained her MD at Stanford where she conducted research with Dr. Julie Parsonnet on the impact of an antimicrobial triclosan on the human microbiome. She then completed her internal medicine residency at Yale where she was awarded the primary care award for the Fair Haven Community Health Center. She subsequently pursued her fellowship in infectious diseases at Yale and her Master of Science in the epidemiology of infectious diseases at the Yale School of Public Health under the mentorship of Saad Omer and Inci Yildirim. Her research interests include the epidemiology and household transmission of COVID-19 and influenza as well estimating vaccine effectiveness using real-world data and the epidemiology emerging infectious diseases.

Last Updated on April 10, 2025.

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Education & Training

MSc
Yale, Public Health- Epidmiology of Infectious Diseases (2022)
Fellowship
Bridgeport Hospital (Yale School of Medicine) (2022)
Residency
Yale School of Medicine (2019)
MD
Stanford School of Medicine (2016)
ScB
Brown University, Biology (2011)

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Public Health Interests

Global Health; Climate Change; Emerging Infectious Diseases; Vaccines

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    Janeway Society Member

Clinical Care

Overview

Lauren Pischel, MD, is an infectious disease specialist who focuses on managing and treating infectious diseases. She specializes in understanding the transmission and impact of diseases such as COVID-19 and influenza, while also working to estimate vaccine effectiveness. She uses a variety of methods to study how these diseases spread within households and communities.

As an assistant professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Pischel is involved in research concerning the epidemiology of respiratory pathogens and emerging infectious diseases. She also examines how climate change and environmental factors affect infectious disease patterns.

Dr. Pischel received her medical training at Stanford School of Medicine and completed her residency in internal medicine at Yale, where she also pursued a fellowship in infectious diseases.

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