Gift caps career fighting killer of children
Leading physician-scientist and wife create a new professorship to sustain a long legacy of basic research on gastroenterological disorders
In the developed world, diarrhea is thought of as an easily treated nuisance. But in the developing world it is a major scourge: according to the World Health Organization, diarrhea, often caused by cholera, is the second leading cause of death among children under 5 years of age, causing nearly 1 million deaths among that population each year.Gastroenterologist and scientist Henry J. Binder, M.D., has devoted much of his career to systematically investigating the biology of gastrointestinal...
Yale alum builds a crucial bridge for psychiatry researchers
Over the course of an eventful life, Herb Allison, M.B.A., a 1965 alumnus of Yale College, has found himself in many...
Alumnus returns to Yale as new chair of Pediatrics
George Lister, M.D., a 1973 graduate of the School of Medicine and a former member of its pediatrics faculty, has...
Science that’s more than just skin-deep
Innovative microscopy technique brings Yale scientists a real-time glimpse of stem cells in action
Center treats cystic fibrosis in adulthood
In the mid-1950s, children with cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disease that causes thick mucus to clog the lungs and...
Apple names Yale a ‘standout school’ for curricular innovations
The School of Medicine’s iPad initiative, through which all Yale medical students have been provided with an Apple...
Building replacements for arteries and lungs takes ingenuity—and patience
Advances
A flashy technique for cell biology
One of the most intriguing techniques in current biological research is optogenetics, in which...
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For several years, scientists in the lab of Tamas Horvath, D.V.M., Ph.D., have studied UCP2, a...
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Drug designers have successfully created many protein drugs to battle human disease. But most...
Read more...Hoarding disorder: a unique obsession
Many of us know a “pack rat” who has trouble throwing things away, but people with hoarding...
Read more...Out & About
June 1 Alumni of the School of Medicine returned to campus in droves for an event-filled Reunion Weekend. (From left) Samir Bhatt, M.D. ’86, Ami Bhatt, M.D. ’87, and Robert H. Gifford, M.D., professor emeritus of medicine and former deputy dean for education.
Alumni and members of the campus community paid tribute to the late Howard M. Spiro, M.D., founding chief of the Department of Internal Medicine’s Section of Gastroenterology from 1955 until 1982, and founder of the Yale Program for Humanities in Medicine in 1983.
Melissa Grafe, Ph.D., the John R. Bumstead Librarian for Medical History, shares information from the library’s exhibit “Medicine in Shakespeare’s London.”
(From left) Gary B. Leydon, associate director of technology at the medical school, with Robert Adams, M.D. ’51, and Dawn Adams.
July 25 A concert by the Connecticut 102nd Army Band, featuring members of the U.S. National Guard, was held on Harkness Lawn. Spc. Donald Hensley of the Connecticut 102nd Army Rock Band.
Children and teachers from the Phyllis Bodel Childcare Program at the School of Medicine took in the music.
The Connecticut 102nd Army Brass Quintet, featuring (from left) Staff Sgt. Chris Schrock, Staff Sgt. Chris Desjardins, Spc. Jeff Motola, Sgt. 1st Class Chris Geist and Warrant Officer Chris Baillargeon.
August 24 High school students in the medical school’s Discovery to Cure Summer Internship Program presented original research they conducted over the summer in Harkness Auditorium, an event marking the program’s 10th anniversary. (From left) Gil G. Mor, M.D., professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences and Discovery to Cure director, with Amanda Kelly, a 2011 graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in Hamden, Conn.
(From left) Anirudh Sreekrishnan and Nathan Lifton.
(From left) Laura Yockey and Sasha Deutsch-Link.
August 17 All members of the School of Medicine’s incoming Class of 2012 received Apple iPads. The tablet computers have become a staple tool in the medical school’s curriculum (see related story). Daniel Yang.
Marcella Nunez-Smith, M.D., M.H.S., assistant professor of medicine, gave this year’s keynote speech.
(From left) Jason Weed, Linh Vu, Jay Patel, Joyce Cheng, and Jake Wang.
(From left) Melissa Taylor, Durga Thakral, Sasha Deutsch-Link, Rebecca Treger, Linh Vu, Adesuwa Ighodaro, Deborah Ahove, Hiam Naiditch, and Emmanuel Ohuabunwa.
August 16 The School of Medicine formally welcomed the 100 members of the Class of 2016 (see related story) at the White Coat Ceremony, an annual event at which incoming medical students receive physician’s jackets. Nancy R. Angoff, M.P.H., M.D., associate dean for student affairs, with David Asuzu.
August 13 Last year, the Yale-University College London (UCL) Collaborative launched the Yale–UCL Poetry Contest, open to medical and engineering students at both universities. (From left) Daniel Wong ’14, who placed first in this year’s contest; Dean and Ensign Professor of Medicine Robert J. Alpern, M.D.; and Kevin Koo ’13, who placed second.
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