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Katrina Dietsche and Jason Weinstein, second-year MD students at Yale School of Medicine, bonded during their first year over their shared passion for preventative health. Before starting medical school, Dietsche had witnessed the huge impact the food pharmacy at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC had on the lives and health of patients and their families, from a preventative health perspective. Therefore, when Dietsche and Weinstein learned that food insecurity was common in New Haven and at the HAVEN Free Clinic—the student-run primary care clinic that partners with Yale University to provide health care to uninsured adults in the New Haven community—they decided HAVEN could be a perfect setting for a food pharmacy.

Never Enough: ADHD Experiences in Asian Americans Working with Limited English Proficient Patients and their Interpreters WE Medicine: Convergence of Western and Eastern Medicine to Develop Future Medicines These titles represent a few of the breakout session topics at the day-long annual Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association Region I/II conference on Saturday, October 12, at Yale School of Medicine.

Following David Blight’s lecture on the findings of the Yale and Slavery history project, Yale School of Medicine convened a panel of faculty to discuss efforts to confront that history, restore, rebuild trust, and build authentic community -- including in caring for the New Haven community and in creating partnerships with HBCUs. 

A lecture by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, Nicaraguan-American author, first-generation college student, and activist known for her work on intersectional feminism and race. Part of the Perspectives of Inclusion lecture series, in celebration of Hispanic and Latine Heritage Month.

Yale researchers set out to identify practical steps to thrive in postdoctoral training, through a qualitative study where three distinct themes emerged.

The HAVEN Free Clinic's 10th annual ANDA 5K exceeded its fundraising goal.

24 young science leaders from 21 institutions across the U.S. and Puerto Rico kicked off their year as fellows of the Yale Ciencia Academy (YCA) for Career Development, a selective professional development program for doctoral students, funded by NIH.

”One way to change your life is to change someone else’s.” This is the advice of Roosevelt Watkins, who provides peer outreach for people experiencing substance use and homelessness. Watkins spoke as part of New Haven Voices, the third annual panel discussion spotlighting the perspectives of leaders in the local community.

Yale health profession school students played a leading role organizing the Health and Wellness Village at the New Haven Pride celebration, held on September 7 in Downtown New Haven.