Health & Medicine Experts

Experts are listed alphabetically.


Nathan D. Grubaugh Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology 


Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Zika virus, West Nile virus, mosquitoes, dengue virus, emerging viral diseases

Jeffrey Gruen M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) and of Genetics


Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Dyslexia, neonatal medicine, newborn intensive care, inherited diseases, hemochromatosis, children's health, fetal newborn care, genetics, women's health

Murat Gunel M.D.
  • Nixdorff-German Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Professor of Genetics and of Neuroscience
  • Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
  • Chief, Neurosurgery, Yale New Haven Health System
  • Chair, Perioperative Executive Leadership Committee
  • Co-Director, Yale Program on Neurogenetics

Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Neurosurgery, brain aneurysms, arterio-venous malformations (AVM), cavernous malformations, occlusive vascular disorders, carotid surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, neurovascular intensive care unit (ICU), stroke

David Hafler M.D.
  • William S. and Lois Stiles Edgerly Professor of Neurology and Professor of Immunobiology
  • Chair, Department of Neurology
  • Neurologist-in-Chief, Yale New Haven Hospital

Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Autoimmune diseases and multiple sclerosis (MS)

Nicola Hawley Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)


Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Obesity, Pacific Islands, Samoa, diabetes, maternal child health

Robert Heimer Ph.D.
  • Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Pharmacology
  • Director, Emerging Infections Program

Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Opioid abuse and its treatment, HIV prevention and access to care, Hepatitis C virus, emerging infections

Janet Henrich M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences


Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Women's health, Ob-Gyn

Roy Herbst M.D., Ph.D.
  • Ensign Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
  • Professor of Pharmacology
  • Chief of Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital
  • Associate Director for Translational Research, Yale Cancer Center
  • Disease Aligned Research Team (DART) Leader, Thoracic Oncology Program, Yale Cancer Center

Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Lung cancer, personalized medicine, genetics

Jackson T. Higginbottom M.P.H.
  • Program Administrator, Evaluation & Communications
     

Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

COVID-19, Community-engagement, Health communications, Public health, LGBTQ Mental Health

Lawrence J. Hirsch M.D.
  • Professor of Neurology 
  • Chief, Division of Epilepsy and EEG 
  • Co-Director, Yale Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
  • Co-Director, Critical Care EEG Monitoring Program

Field & Expertise

Health & Medicine

Epilepsy, seizures, electroencephalography (EEG), status epilepticus, brain monitoring