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Dr. Carlos R. Oliveira, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases & Global Health), of Biostatistics (Health Informatics), and of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science at Yale University School of Medicine. He serves as the Medical Director of the Pediatric AIDS Program and Director for Yale's clinical programs in Pediatric HIV/AIDS, Congenital Infectious Diseases, and Pediatric COVID-19 at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital. Board Certified in General Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and Clinical Informatics, Dr. Oliveira is an attending physician specializing in pediatric infectious diseases.
Dr. Oliveira's research focuses on quantitative, experimental, and field research centered around vaccinology and epidemiology of perinatal/neonatal infections. His work particularly examines Long COVID in children, RSV vaccine effectiveness, and HIV/AIDS in pediatric populations. He leads the Yale Pediatric Center for Vaccine Research and co-leads the Yale Network for Vaccine Initiatives, which aims to improve population health through research and service activities promoting vaccination. His recent publications demonstrate significant contributions to understanding Long COVID epidemiology, vaccine effectiveness studies, and pediatric infectious disease management.
Dr. Oliveira has received numerous honors including the Castle Connolly Top Doctor award (2024), multiple Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program awards (2022, 2020, 2015), and the Junior Physician Investigator Award (2022). His research spans across multiple disciplines with a particular focus on health disparities in post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infections among diverse pediatric populations.
He is actively involved in professional organizations including the Eastern Society of Pediatric Research (ESPR) as Council Member, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) Committee on Pediatric COVID-19 Therapies as Co-Chair, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Sections on Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases as Executive Committee Member. Dr. Oliveira also mentors trainees and collaborates extensively with researchers across multiple institutions through the NIH RECOVER Initiative.
