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Heidi J Zapata, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. She specializes in infectious diseases and immunology, with a focus on host-microbe interactions, particularly in aging populations and HIV patients. Her clinical roles include treating inpatients at Yale New Haven Hospital and HIV-positive outpatients at the Nathan Smith Clinic.
- Education: MD and PhD from SUNY Upstate Medical University (2008), Residency at University of Virginia (2011), Fellowship at Yale School of Medicine (2014).
Research interests include understanding why individuals respond differently to infections, with emphasis on innate immunity, aging, and HIV co-morbidities. Key projects include studying inflammatory responses in HIV and aging, vaccine efficacy in older adults, and DEI curriculum development in infectious diseases.
Notable contributions include work on Dectin-1's role in HIV/aging inflammation, influenza vaccine responses across ages, and clinical case reports on CMV infections. Her research integrates clinical insights from patient care with laboratory studies.
