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New Study Highlights the Burden of Social Determinants of Health on Suicide Risk Among U.S. Veterans
A new study led by researchers at the National Center for PTSD, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, and Yale School of Medicine, including first author Robert H. Pietrzak, PhD, MPH, provides one of the most comprehensive examinations to date of how cumulative social disadvantage is linked to suicide risk among U.S. military veterans. The findings were published in JAMA Psychiatry.
- December 19, 2025
Brains of autistic individuals have fewer of a specific kind of glutamate receptor, supporting an idea that autism is driven by a signaling imbalance.
- December 18, 2025
Dibyadeep Datta, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been awarded a New Investigators Award Program grant by the Alzheimer's Association and the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center.
- December 18, 2025Source: HealthDay (with Dr. Eric Winer)
Dr. Eric Winer, director of Yale Caner Center and president and physician-in-chief of Smilow Cancer Hospital, provides the takeaways of a new study on tamoxifen for low-risk DCIS breast cancer which he discussed as part of a formal oral speaking session at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium this month.
- December 16, 2025Source: Biological Psychiatry
Co-first authors Ruth Asch, PhD, and Siyan Fan, PhD, and senior author Irina Esterlis, PhD, collaborated on a study published in Biological Psychiatry that provides the first in vivo evidence of synaptic deficits in bipolar disorder and offers preliminary evidence suggesting psychotropic medications may differentially influence brain structure and function.
- December 10, 2025Source: Yale News
A new Yale study investigates how cortisol, a stress-related hormone, helps the brain build emotional memories.
- December 08, 2025
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine are testing an ultra-high-resolution PET scanner, which could enable new research and early diagnosis of brain diseases.
- December 08, 2025Source: Prevention (with Dr. John Lewin)
In Sweden, even though there are clear guidelines for mammograms, over 1/4 of study participants missed their first. This goes to show that: “People do not always want to follow medical guidelines for preventive care, whether that is vaccines, colonoscopy or mammography,” notes John Lewin, M.D. chief of the Breast Imaging Division at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center researcher.
- December 04, 2025
In the field of stroke research, Yale works to bridge the gap between preclinical and clinical, increasing the likelihood that new treatments work in patients.
- December 01, 2025
Christopher Whitlow, MD, PhD, the new chair of the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, discusses his research, his vision, as well as what inspired his path to medicine, and ultimately to Yale.