New alliance with Gilead Sciences is ‘transformative’
Research collaboration pairs Yale experts with industry scientists to accelerate the development of new drugs to treat cancer
When Robert J. Alpern, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine, was asked recently to prepare a brief overview of the current state of drug discovery for a symposium at Yale’s West Campus, a familiar phrase came quickly to mind: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . . ”It’s an apt description. On the one hand, we live in what some call the “post-Gleevec era,” a time when basic research conducted over decades is bearing fruit in the form of remarkably effective, targeted drugs....
Donation from leading Asian foundation will advance stem cell science
The Li Ka Shing Foundation (LKSF), Asia’s largest philanthropic organization, has made a $1.5 million donation to the Yale Stem Cell Center (YSCC). The donation will fund improvements in two of the YSCC’s four core laboratories that will benefit the work of more than 60 faculty members and numerous trainees across the campus.In announcing the contribution, Yale University President Richard C. Levin said, “We are grateful for the Li Ka Shing Foundation’s generosity, which benefits today’s medical research in order to develop...
Symposium is ‘once-in-a-lifetime event’
A roster of top biomedical scientists visits Yale for two days of talks and intellectual exchange, along with a generous helping of good cheer
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Tackling an information explosion
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February 18With a gift from Andrew Bronin, M.D., associate clinical professor of dermatology (left), the Department of Dermatology established the
Dr. Andrew Bronin Clinical Scholarship in Dermatology, one of two new endowments that will support young clinician–scholars in dermatology. Richard L. Edelson, M.D. (right), chair and Aaron B. and Marguerite Lerner Professor of Dermatology, says that the funds from the new endowments will enhance “the academic endeavors of clinician–scholars and their ability to shape the field.” The first endowment was started with a $1 million gift from School of Medicine alumna Marie-Louise T. Johnson, M.D., Ph.D., in 2010.
March 17On Match Dayeach spring, fourth-year students at medical schools across the country receive word of acceptance in residency training programs. At Yale, all of the 77 graduating medical students who had entered the National Resident Matching Program learned they had “matched.”
1. Adelina Hung congratulates Rajendra Sawh-Martinez.
March 17On Match Dayeach spring, fourth-year students at medical schools across the country receive word of acceptance in residency training programs. At Yale, all of the 77 graduating medical students who had entered the National Resident Matching Program learned they had “matched.”
2. Kseniya Golubetsand Annie Engberg.
March 17On Match Dayeach spring, fourth-year students at medical schools across the country receive word of acceptance in residency training programs. At Yale, all of the 77 graduating medical students who had entered the National Resident Matching Program learned they had “matched.”
3. Macdale Elwin, Samrawit Goshu, Charisse Mandimika,and Tamara Carroll.
April 15 Members of the U.S. Army held an event at the School of Medicine to describe the Army Medical Department’s humanitarian operations around the world. General Stanley McChrystal(Ret.), former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and now a senior fellow at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, was a featured speaker at the event, titled Common Ground: Army Medicine in Support of Humanity.
Carolyn W. Slayman, Ph.D., Sterling Professor of Genetics, professor of cellular and molecular physiology, and deputy dean for academic and scientific affairs (left), with McChrystal (center) and Army personnel.
April 15 Members of the U.S. Army held an event at the School of Medicine to describe the Army Medical Department’s humanitarian operations around the world. General Stanley McChrystal(Ret.), former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and now a senior fellow at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, was a featured speaker at the event, titled Common Ground: Army Medicine in Support of Humanity.
A medical Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter (DRASH) unit was on display in Harkness Ballroom. The unit, which includes a surgical bed and a variety of essential medical equipment, can be set up and functioning in less than an hour and represents the next level of care after battlefield treatment.
April 26At the Yale Club of New York City,Carolyn M. Mazure, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and psychology, associate dean for faculty affairs, and director of Women’s Health Research at Yale(WHRY), spoke about the latest biomedical research that WHRY is supporting and conducting. (From left) WHRY Advisory Council members Diane Young Turner; Kitty Northrop Friedman, J.D.; Mazure; Roslyn Milstein Meyer, Ph.D.; and Fran DeToro. 
April 27The 32nd annual Seton Elm and Ivy Awards, presented at Yale’s Woolsey Hall, honored people and organizations that further partnership between New Haven and Yale.
New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. (left) and Yale University President Richard Levin(right) with medical students Oluwarotimi Okunade, Charisse Mandimika, Amy Moreno, andJorge Ramallo-Pardoof the Yale chapters of the Student National Medical Association and Latino Medical Student Association, which were honored with an Ivy Award for their work encouraging New Haven high school students to pursue careers in the sciences and health professions.
April 27The 32nd annual Seton Elm and Ivy Awards, presented at Yale’s Woolsey Hall, honored people and organizations that further partnership between New Haven and Yale.
Georgina Lucas, deputy director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program at Yale, also received an Ivy Award.
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