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Scientist works toward molecular therapies for cardiovascular diseases
Born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, to Jewish parents before the fall of the Soviet Union, Michael Simons, M.D., says a medical career was “sort of a default.” Anti-Semitism barred Jews from many scientific pursuits, so his parents, both doctors, encouraged...
Medical student is ahead of the curve, and still under 30
Nicholas Downing, a student in the School of Medicine’s Class of 2014, has been named one of Forbes magazine’s 30 most influential people under the age of 30. In 2011, as a first-year student, Downing began comparing...
Researchers win prize honoring exceptional immigrant scientists
On February 5, the Vilcek Foundation announced that two immune-system researchers at the School of Medicine will share one of the 2013 Vilcek Prizes, awards that recognize significant contributions to American science...
Kent Professor’s research evaluates the effectiveness of treatments for addiction
Kathleen M. Carroll, Ph.D., recently named Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry, studies behavioral, pharmacological, and combined treatments for addiction, with an emphasis on improving the quality of such therapies...
Expert in vascular biology, inflammation, and immunity is inaugural Bayer Professor
Jordan S. Pober, M.D., Ph.D., recently appointed as the inaugural Bayer Professor of Translational Medicine, is an authority on the interrelations of vascular endothelial cells (which form the lining of blood vessels),...
Ensign Professor has unveiled mechanisms shared by the vascular and nervous systems
Anne Eichmann, Ph.D., newly designated Ensign Professor of Cardiology, explores the factors that determine where the cells in blood vessels and lymphatic vessels grow, as well as how the vascular and nervous systems...
Berliner Professor studies how blood flow stimulates the formation of new arteries
Martin A. Schwartz, Ph.D., the newly named Robert Berliner Professor of Cardiology, is a noted cardiovascular researcher whose studies of cell adhesion and behavior have led to new insights into atherosclerosis and...
Out & About
September 23 School of Medicine students and faculty took their talents to the courts at the Faculty-Student Tennis Classic. (From left) Medical students Anton Safonov ’15, Joel Winer ’15, Jia Liu ’15, and Michael Chang ’15.
Alex Scherer ’18.
Robert Udelsman, M.D., M.B.A., chair and William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery and surgeon-in-chief at Yale-New Haven Hospital, attends the baseline.
Jennifer A. Galvin, M.D., assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual science and pediatrics, keeps her eye on the ball.
Jordan Gruskay ’15, gives it his all.
October 9. The Donaghue Foundation’s annual Andrews Lecture was given by Sue Sheridan, M.B.A., deputy director of patient engagement at the Washington, D.C.-based Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
Mark R. Mercurio, M.D., M.A., professor of pediatrics and director of the School of Medicine’s Program for Biomedical Ethics (left), and Moreen Donahue, D.Np., R.N., senior vice president, patient care services, and chief nursing officer, Western Connecticut Health Network, take questions.
Raymond S. Andrews Jr., a trustee of foundation from 1993 to 2007 for whom the lectureship is named, enjoys a light moment.
October 18. A reception was held in the medical school’s Historical Library honoring the appointment of George Lister, M.D., as chair of the Department of Pediatrics. Lister, seen here with a patient, Jonathan Narducci, is a 1973 graduate of the School of Medicine and former member of its pediatrics faculty. Lister is Jean McLean Wallace Professor of Pediatrics, professor of cellular and molecular physiology, and physician-in-chief at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital.
November 2. The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research held a Symposium in honor of its 75th anniversary. 1. Huda Y. Zhogbi, M.D., of Baylor College of Medicine.
Members of the board include (front, from left) Stephen J. Elledge, Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School; Randy W. Schekman, Ph.D., of the University of California–Berkeley; Cynthia J. Kenyon, Ph.D., of the University of California–San Francisco; and (back, from left) Haifan Lin, Ph.D., professor of cell biology and genetics at the School of Medicine and director of the Yale Stem Cell Center; Richard M. Losick, Ph.D., of Harvard University; Zhogbi; John Kuriyan, Ph.D., of the University of Califorania–Berkeley; and Thomas D. Pollard, M.D., Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, and dean of the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
(From left) Bronwen A. Childs, member of the Fund, and James E. Childs, Sc.D., senior research scientist and lecturer in epidemiology at the School of Public Health and chairman of the Fund’s board of managers.
November 6. A celebration of the election of Marina Picciotto, Ph.D., Charles B.G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and professor of neurobiology and pharmacology, to the Institute of Medicine was held in the medical school’s Historical Library. Members of Picciotto’s lab (from left) include Mary Burke, Seth Taylor, Cali Calarco, Emily Einstein, Ph.D., Picciotto, Margreet Plantenga, Yann S. Mineur, Ph.D., Yon Woo Jung, Samantha M. Sheppard, and Sam R.S. Blakeman.
(From left) John H. Krystal, M.D., chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Robert L. MacNeil Jr. Professor of Translational Research; Picciotto; Robert J. Alpern, M.D., dean and Ensign Professor of Medicine; and Pietro De Camilli, M.D., Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology and professor of neurobiology.
Picciotto and her husband, Angus C. Nairn, Ph.D., Charles B.G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and professor of pharmacology.
November 15 Yale students in the health professions came together to organize the 20th Annual Hunger & Homelessness Auction. This year, more than $27,000 was raised for charities and service agencies in the New Haven area. (From left) Linh Vu ’16, Richard Kim ’16, and Lucas Butler ’16, make a bid.
Amanda King ’15, one of the auction’s co-organizers.
James J. Abrahams, M.D., professor of diagnostic radiology and surgery, with a friend.
Students in the Physician Associate program with (in bow tie) William B. Stewart, Ph.D., associate professor of surgery.
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