David Vlahov

David Vlahov (born August 31, 1952) is an American epidemiologist and professor of Nursing at the Yale School of Nursing, Professor of Epidemiology- Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health and former Dean and Professor at the UCSF School of Nursing. He was also the editor-in-chief of the ''Journal of Urban Health.'' In addition, Vlahov has been a member of the National Academy of Medicine since 2011 and appointed as a member of the Interacademy Panel on Urban Health and Wellness. He is known for researching issues related tourban health, infectious diseases, substance use, mental health, community-based participatory research, and social determinants of health, notably work on the effectiveness of needle exchange programs. With Sandro Galea, he has also researched psychological responses to the September 11 attacks among residents of New York City.

Vlahov has edited four books and published over 700 papers with an h-index of 152. Provided by Wikipedia