Saving Lives Around the World
The Yale School of Public Health's impact stretches over the entire world. Find out more about the many ways that the Yale School of Public Health Makes a Difference:
- Genomic Research on the leading causes of blindness in North America
- Studying global warming by bridging the gap between the medical and environmental sciences
- Research to enhance our understanding of health systems
- Understanding the effects of socio-economic changes on population health in China
- A joint initiative with the Clinton foundation to improve the management of public hostpitals in Ethopia
- A collaborative five-year study to pinpoint the reasons for the dramatic increase in cases of testicular cancer
- Developing effective treatments for an endemic parasite in Central and South America
- Studying the long term health impact on survivors of the Iran-Iraq War
- Breeding genetically modified tsetse flies to stop their transmission of sleeping sickness in Africa
- Studying the links between environmental air pollution and childhood asthma in Europe
- Establishing a TB-AIDS clinical and training unit in St. Petersburg, Russa
