Christian Tschudi, PhD
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Biography
Christian Tschudi is the John Rodman Paul Professor of Epidemiology and Director of Graduate Studies at the Yale School of Public Health and earned an A.B. in microbiology and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Basel in Switzerland. He currently co-directs an NIH-sponsored Global Infectious Disease Training Program (D43) in translational research training on leishmaniasis & emerging infectious diseases and is the co-director of the China Scholarship Council-Yale World Scholars Program in Public Health. Dr. Tschudi is an expert on neglected tropical diseases, as evidenced by editorial board and study section appointments and a Burroughs Wellcome Award. He is currently the organizer of the international conference on kinetoplastid molecular cell biology. Dr. Tschudi’s studies focus on the biology of trypanosomes the causative agents of devastating diseases in Africa and South America with special emphasis on one of the fundamental steps in the life of a pathogen, namely the acquisition of infectivity.
Education & Training
- PhDUniversity of Basel (1982)
Activities
- RNomics in Trypanosoma brucei-Bioinformatics and functional approachesIsrael (2012-2016)The major goals of this project are to understand the small RNA complement of T. brucei, with special emphasis on snoRNAs.
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Fellow | American Academy of Microbiology | 2014 |
Burroughs Wellcome Fund New Investigator Award in Molecular Parasitology | 2000 | |
Research Project Award in Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, MacArthur Foundation | 1984 | |
James Hudson Brown-Alexander B. Coxe Fellowship | 1982 | |
European Molecular Biology Laboratory Pre-doctoral Fellowship | 1981 | |
Swiss National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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mBIO | Board of Editors | 2017 - Present |
NIH | Study section for Pathogenic Eukaryotes | 2011 - 2017 |
Departments & Organizations
- Center for RNA Science and Medicine
- Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
- Global Health Studies
- Microbiology
- Office of Cooperative Research
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Institute for Global Health
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale University
- YSPH Global Health Concentration