Albert C Shaw MD PhD
Professor of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine
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Section of Infectious DiseasesYale School of Medicine, 300 Cedar St., Box 208022New Haven, CT 06520
Phone+1 203-785-4140
Fax+1 203-785-3864
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Summary
- Dr. Albert Shaw is Professor of Medicine in the Section of Infectious Diseases at Yale School of Medicine. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School and PhD in Genetics from Harvard University and completed his residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Infectious Disease at Massachusetts General Hospital. He has a longstanding research interest in understanding mechanisms underlying age-associated alterations in the human immune response and in elucidating immunologic and gene expression signatures of vaccine response in older and frail older adults. Other research interests include circadian regulation of immune responses and immune dysfunction in patients with sickle cell disease.
Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1994 - 1997- Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1994
Harvard UniversityPhD, Genetics, 1985 - 1991
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1991, MD
Certifications & Licensure
CT State Medical License 2001 - 2027
MA State Medical License 1998 - 2002
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Clinical Trials
- Systems Investigation of Vaccine Responses in Aging and Frailty Start of enrollment: 2023 Nov 06
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Half a century of pneumococcal vaccination in sickle cell disease: Are we winning the battle or losing immunity?Sumit Jamwal, Britney Omene, Abhishek Giri, Keyner Rojas, Subhasis Mohanty
Vaccine. 2026-08-13 - 4 citationsThe Erosion of a Pillar of Public Health: ACIP's Role and the Future of US Vaccine Policy Post-June 2025.Edwin J Asturias, Robert Schechter, H Keipp Talbot, Julie Boom, Oliver T Brooks
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2026-07-08 - 5 citationsExoproteome of calorie-restricted humans identifies complement deactivation as an immunometabolic checkpoint reducing inflammaging.Manish Mishra, Hee-Hoon Kim, Yun-Hee Youm, Elsie Gonzalez-Hurtado, Konstantin Zaitsev
Nature Aging. 2026-05-01
Press Mentions
Two Connecticut Vaccine Experts Among Those Fired by RFK Jr. This WeekJune 11th, 2025- What Can Be Done for Severe RSV Cases in Adults?December 20th, 2024
- GeroscienceSeptember 23rd, 2024
Grant Support
- Training in Investigative Infectious DiseasesYALE UNIVERSITY1997–2031
- Immune signatures of vaccine responses in children with sickle cell diseaseYALE UNIVERSITY2023–2028
- Circadian Rhythms and Innate Immune Response in AgingYALE UNIVERSITY2019–2025
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