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Simone Blaser, MD

Postdoctoral Fellow
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Postdoctoral Fellow

Biography

Simone Blaser a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Iwasaki laboratory in the department of Immunobiology and Clinical Instructor in Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at Yale School of Medicine. Her research explores oral host-microbe interactions in Long COVID. She is also a Public Voices Fellow of the OpEd Project in partnership with the Yale Women Faculty Forum.

She completed residency in Internal Medicine at New York University and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Yale University. She has been published in CID, JAMA, MBio, Diagnosis, Clinical Correlations, and Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine. Prior to becoming a physician, she worked in book publishing, where she was involved in developing what would become the #1 New York Times bestseller When Breath Becomes Air with the late Dr. Paul Kalanithi. Her poetry was included in a collection on New York City haiku published by The New York Times.

Last Updated on August 06, 2025.

Appointments

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Infectious Disease Fellowship
Yale University School of Medicine/Yale New Haven Hospital (2025)
Internal Medicine Residency
New York University School of Medicine/NYU Langone (2022)
MD
New York University (2019)
Non Degree Program
New York University, Pre-health Post Baccalaureate Certificate
BA
University of Pennsylvania, English Literature

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2022

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Simone Blaser's published research.

Publications

2022

2021

2018

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Honors

  • honor

    Infectious Diseases Case Presentation of the Year

  • honor

    Inductee

  • honor

    Summer fellowship

  • honor

    Benjamin Franklin Scholar

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