Infectious Diseases Instructor
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT, United States
Dr. Jessica Tuan's underlying interests in Infectious Diseases focus on HIV/AIDS and global health. She completed her Biomedical Engineering undergraduate and Master's of Science degree at Johns Hopkins University and Yale University, respectively. She graduated from Chicago Medical School. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency at University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Yale School of Medicine.
She is an ABIM Board-certified Instructor of Medicine in Infectious Diseases at Yale School of Medicine. She is a Principal Investigator for the following Yale School of Medicine research studies: 1) REPRIEVE Study 2) Pfizer mRNA Influenza vaccine clinical trial, 3) ACTG STOMP Study of Tecovirimat for Treatment of Human Monkeypox Virus Disease (Co-PI); 4) Qualitative Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Immunogenicity (QUASI) after COVID-19 vaccination in People Living with HIV, 5) Real-World Utilization of Sotrovimab for COVID-19.
She is a Sub-Investigator for the Yale Pfizer/BioNTech (adult, pediatric, booster) & Sanofi COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials. She is a Sub-Investigator for Yale School of Medicine HIV clinical trials and her other research study is Assessing Attitudes & Readiness for HIV PrEP among Adolescents & Young Women in Liberia.
She was awarded the Yale Institute for Global Health Leadership in Global Health Fellowship as a World Bank COVID-19 Vaccine & Primary Health Care Fellow. She was a Yale Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholar in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2022), Kigali, Rwanda (2019) and Butare, Rwanda (2017). She is a violinist in the Yale Medical Symphony Orchestra.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Friday, October 21, 2022
3:27 PM – 3:39 PM US ET