Joseph Vinetz
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Biography
Dr. Vinetz is Professor of Medicine in the Section of Infectious Diseases. He is also Research Professor in the Faculty of Sciences and Laboratory of Research and Development at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, and Associated Investigator of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute of Tropical Medicine at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, in Lima, Peru. He received his Bachelor of Science from Yale University and received his M.D. from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, during which time he was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Physician Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institutes of Health. He is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians, and an elected Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. His research in global health and infectious diseases is problem-based and applies fundamental laboratory approaches. This work is based in his lab at Yale and in the field in Peru, Brazil, and Sri Lanka. His scholarship focuses on public health issues of highest consequence, while simultaneously pursuing basic and translational research from the bench to the bedside. His research has been continuously funded by the NIH since 2001, and by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockefeller Brothers Fund/Culpeper Scholarship, the World Health Organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Americas Foundation, with an expanding, internationally-based portfolio.
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral FellowNational Institutes of Health (1998)
- FellowJohns Hopkins Hospital (1998)
- ResidentJohns Hopkins Hospital (1994)
- MDUniversity of California San Diego, Medicine (1991)
Activities
- Tropical Medicine ResearchLima, Callao Region, Peru; Acrelândia, AC, Brazil; Anuradhapura, NC, Sri Lanka (2002-2015)Field and translation work in malaria and leptospirosis
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Distinguished Medical Scientist for the Chair in the name of ‘Late P.N. Chuttani' | Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India | 2018 |
Doctor Honoris Causa | Universidad de la Amazonia Peruana | 2014 |
Honorary Professor | Rajarata University of Sri Lanka | 2014 |
Association of American Physicians | 2012 | |
Bailey K. Ashford Medal | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2011 |
Fellow | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2011 |
American Society for Clinical Investigation | 2006 | |
Fellow | American College of Physicians | 2003 |
Fellow | Infectious Diseases Society of America | 2003 |
Charles E. Culpeper Foundation Medical Sciences Scholar | Rockefeller Brothers Fund | 1999 |
Physician Postdoctoral Award | Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 1995 |
HHMI-NIH Research Scholar | Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 1988 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | MID Study Section member, | 2016 - Present |
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | Deputy Editor | 2009 - Present |
National Institutes of Health | CRFS Study Section member | 2008 - 2018 |
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | Associate Editor. Special interest in images in clinical tropical medicine, malaria, zoonoses | 2000 - Present |