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A new study from Yale researchers looks at how intersectionality increases incidents of mistreatment and magnifies the effects of burnout on medical students. Using data from over 30,000 graduating medical students from 140 U.S. medical schools, the study found that students with three marginalized identities (female, non-white, and lesbian, gay or bisexual) experienced the most mistreatment and discrimination and the highest score for exhaustion compared with male, white, and heterosexual students.
- March 18, 2022
Pathologists and research scientists from Department of Pathology at Yale School of Medicine will be involved in more than 40 presentations and sessions at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) 2022 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles March 19-24.
- March 15, 2022
The three Black women cofounders of the Yale Black Postdoctoral Association (YBPA) — Brionna Davis-Reyes, PhD, a postdoc in clinical neuroimaging; Aileen Fernandez, PhD, a postdoc in medical oncology; and Chrystal Starbird, PhD, a postdoc in pharmacology — recently shared their thoughts about the supportive role they and other Black women take on and how it’s beginning to take a toll.
- March 04, 2022Source: YouTube
Dr. Shirley Malcom asks Dr. Aileen Fernandez what comes next for her as she moves forward from her postdoc, and what she hopes the future of STEMM looks like.
- March 01, 2022Source: YouTube
Dr. Shirley Malcom asks Dr. Aileen Fernandez about her experiences progressing through academia as a Black woman. They discuss persistent systemic barriers, personal challenges, and the importance of community and mentorship.
- February 25, 2022
A new study by Yale researchers finds that, due to structural racism, the populations most at risk for contracting and dying from COVID-19 — Black, Indigenous, and LatinX populations— had less access to COVID-19 testing centers.
- February 18, 2022Source: YouTube
Aileen Fernandez, PhD, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Pathology at Yale School of Medicine, speaks with Shirley Malcolm, PhD, Senior Advisor to the Director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Director of its SEA Change initiative, which aims to advance institutional transformation in support of diversity, equity and inclusion, especially in colleges and universities.
- February 14, 2022
A new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine has found that people from racial and ethnic minoritized backgrounds have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic despite being more likely to engage in health and safety precautions than their white counterparts.
- February 14, 2022Source: Yale West Campus
Yale Postdoctoral Associate Chrystal Starbird has received a Postdoctoral Career Transition Award under the Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program, part of the National Institutes of Health effort to enhance diversity within the academic biomedical research workforce.
- February 09, 2022
Thomas Allen Harris’ 2014 documentary “Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People” draws out forgotten, lost, and overlooked images from Black photographers, Black photo albums, and American archives which, when pieced together, tell a radically different story than the one portrayed in popular media. The film is part of the Black History Month Film Series presented by the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Yale School of Medicine throughout the month of February.