Photo credit: Robert A. Lisak
Photo credit: Robert A. Lisak
Studies in Lyme disease have resulted in important findings. Photo credit: Robert A. Lisak
Yale is a leading center for tick research. Researchers recently created an application on Lyme disease for the iPhone. Photo credit: Robert A. Lisak
Photo credit: Robert A. Lisak
Photo credit: Robert A. Lisak
Debbie Humphries, a professor at YSPH, gives high-fives to students as they crowd around her in Gulumpe. She led a team of researchers in a hookworm study in Ghana in the summer of 2010.
Albert Ko leads a Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases seminar. Photo credit: Harold Shapiro
Hookworm eggs from a fecal smear are visible under a microscope. Photo by Benjamin Simms, MPH candidate & Downs Fellow, who was part of a research team in Ghana that consisted of two Yale medical students, researchers from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, technicians from the Ghana Health Service and students from the Rural Health Training School in Kintampo. Their primary goal was to determine whether nutritional status played a role in the response to anthelmintic treatment given to children between the ages of six and 11 who are infected with hookworm.
A female Tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans morsitans) from the Aksoy Lab colony at Yale University School of Public Health. The lab studies various aspects of tsetse fly biology (immunology, reproduction, symbiosis, vector/parasite interactions) with the primary goal of developing novel vector based strategies to control Human African Trypanosomiasis transmission. Photo credit: Geoffrey Attardo

Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases

Infectious diseases are one of the main contributors to global mortality and morbidity. The Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (EMD) has a tradition of both research and teaching courses designed to understand the distribution, transmission, pathogenesis, and ultimately the control of pathogens. A unique feature of EMD is the strong laboratory component within an epidemiology division. Areas of excellence include HIV/AIDS, vector biology, parasitology, molecular epidemiology, immunology, and the modeling of infectious diseases.

Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases: Multidicioplinary Approaches to Infectious Diseases

http://youtu.be/y8qIw-vdaIU Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases: Multidicioplinary Approaches to Infectious Diseases

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EMD Students Share Their Research Experience

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