About
Susan Compton is a Senior Research Scientist in Comparative Medicine at Yale University's Yale School of Medicine, where she also serves as Director of Molecular and Serological Diagnostics. Her research focuses on viral infections in rodents, including coronaviruses, parvoviruses, and zoonotic pathogens. She holds a PhD from the Uniformed Services University (1988) and a BS in Biology from Bucknell University (1981).
Compton's work emphasizes diagnostic methodologies, viral transmission dynamics, and the development of animal models for infectious diseases. Notable contributions include studies on SARS-CoV-2 transmission modeling using rat coronaviruses and investigations into mucormycosis in immunodeficient rodents. She has authored over 25 peer-reviewed publications and holds awards such as the Pravin N. Bhatt Scientific Investigator Award (2019).
Her lab, the Virology Diagnostic Lab, contributes to health monitoring of laboratory animals and pathogen detection. Compton collaborates with researchers like Caroline Zeiss and Brent Vander Wyk on projects addressing viral zoonoses and pandemic-to-endemic disease transitions.
