Michael Cappello

Michael Cappello, M.D.

Department Chair and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease) and Microbial Pathogenesis; Associate Director, MD-PhD Program; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Expertise: Global public health, infectious diseases, tropical medicine, parasitology, international adoption, children's health
Field: Health & Medicine

I focus on issues of global health, specializing in infectious diseases, tropical medicine and parasitology, and international adoption. Our laboratory studies the molecular pathogenesis of parasitic diseases that affect children in developing countries. Much of this work has focused on bloodfeeding hookworms, intestinal nematodes that infect over one billion people worldwide.

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michael.cappello@yale.edu

203-785-4730