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Making sense of addiction
Neuroscientist is focused on the brain bases of tobacco dependence
Marina Picciotto, Ph.D., says that while she was growing up in Manhattan, she was “one of those scattered people who did well in school but got yelled at by the teachers.” In science labs, however, “that was never a problem.” At the magnet high school she attended,...
New section chief to be appointed for Otolaryngology
Wendell G. Yarbrough, M.D., will be named chief of the Section of Otolaryngology at the School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH). He will also be director of the head and neck cancer program at Smilow...
Class of 2012 urged to give patients ‘the best possible existence’
At this year’s Commencement ceremony, held May 21, graduating medical students were treated to words of wisdom from pediatric neurosurgeon Benjamin S. Carson Sr., M.D., who recounted the story of a dilemma he faced in...
Two Yale scientists are inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Two Yale scientists have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D., chair and Sterling Professor of Genetics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, and John R....
Medical school immunobiologist honored for contributions to understanding of antigens
The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) has awarded the 2012 AAI-Life Technologies Meritorious Career Award to Peter Cresswell, Ph.D., the Eugene Higgins Professor of Immunobiology, professor of cell biology and...
Awards & Honors
Associate professor of ophthalmology receives the Cogan Award
Jonathan B. Demb, Ph.D., associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences and of cellular...
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Internal Medicine chair delivers the J. Burns Amberson Lecture
Jack A. Elias, M.D., the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine and chair of the Department of...
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Comparative Medicine chair honored with Ernst Oppenheimer Award
Tamas L. Horvath, D.V.M., Ph.D., Jean and David W. Wallace Professor of Biomedical Research and...
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Heart expert receives the Wenger Award for Excellence in Medical Leadership
Alexandra J. Lansky, M.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the Yale Cardiovascular...
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March 3, 2012 Patients of the Yale Children’s Diabetes Program and their families attended the annual Family Day Symposium held at the Yale School of Nursing. The half-day symposium included lectures, discussions, and interactive programs for adults and children.
Pictured: Bryce Ferguson
Sasha Averko, clinical services manager at Massachusetts-based Insulet Corporation, gives a demonstration of an insulin management system.
William V. Tamborlane, M.D., professor of pediatrics, speaks to attendees.
March 31, 2012 The medical school’s Department of Psychiatry hosted Neuroscience 2012, an annual symposium aimed at mental health professionals and consumers throughout the State of Connecticut. (From left) John H. Krystal, M.D., the Robert L. McNeil Jr. Professor of Translational Research and chair of the Department of Psychiatry; “Dr. Ruth” Westheimer, Ed.D., recipient of the department’s seventh annual Research Advocacy Award; and Robert E. Davidson, Ph.D., president of the Connecticut chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
May 8, 2012 Student Research Day, an annual event, showcased medical students’ theses, an integral part of the Yale System of medical education, and a requirement for students since 1839. A record 92 students exhibited posters in The Anlyan Center displaying the results of their research. 1. John M. Leventhal, M.D., professor of pediatrics, and Jennifer Duffy ’13.
Students in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), known informally as the M.D./Ph.D. Program, with MSTP Director James D. Jamieson, M.D., Ph.D., professor of cell biology (back row, second from left). (Front row, from left) Nancy Allen ’14, Ruth Wang’ondu ’15, and Katherine Uyhazi ’12. (Back row, from left) Chen Wang ’14, Jamieson, Corey Frucht ’12, and Daniel Okin ’14.
(From left) Alice Li ’12 and Kofi-Buaku Atsina, M.D. ’11.
(From left) Kwame Atsina ’12 and Panos Christakis ’12.
May 8, 2012Roger Daltrey, founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who, who has a long record of charitable work for teenagers and young adults with cancer, visited doctors and patients at the medical school and at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven. Daltrey signs autographs for Darrel Janis (left), manager of the medical school’s Marigolds Dining Service, and Joyce Brown, banquet server for Marigolds.
(From left) Tara Sanft, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and medical director of the Survivorship Clinic at Yale Cancer Center; Daltrey; Stuart E. Seropian, M.D., associate professor of medicine; Hari A. Deshpande, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and surgery and assistant clinical professor of nursing; Michael E. Hurwitz, Ph.D., M.D., assistant professor of medicine; and Clifford W. Bogue, M.D., interim chair and associate professor of pediatrics, chief of the Section of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, and physician-in-chief at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital.
May 11, 2012 A reception was held in the Medical Historical Library marking the election of Jorge Galán, Ph.D., D.V.M., chair and the Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis, to the National Academy of Sciences (see related story). (From left) Galán; Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Ph.D., the David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator; Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D., professor of immunobiology and of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology; and Craig R. Roy, Ph.D., professor of microbial pathogenesis.
May 21, 2012 This year’s Commencement ceremony marked the end of medical school for the Class of 2012, and also set a new record: the class’s senior gift campaign raised more than $1,600 for the Alumni Fund, with 84 percent of graduating students participating.
Mona Sadeghpour (second from right) with (from left) her mother, Maryam Dargahi; her brother, Mehrad Sadeghpour; and Ardavan Akhavan, M.D.
John Gilbert (left) and Whitney Sheen, who spearheaded the class gift effort.
Michael Ma (left) and Henry Park.
(From left) Richard Belitsky, M.D., the Harold W. Jockers Associate Professor of Medical Education, associate professor of psychiatry, and deputy dean for education; and Matthew Singleton with his son Matthew Singleton Jr.
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