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This summer, we saw a first-of-its-kind cross-sector collaboration – a leader in academic research and a national women’s health nonprofit joined forces to amplify the power of women’s health research and investment. The collaborative symposium “From Discovery to Impact: Accelerating Women's Health Research Through Science, Policy, and Investment” hosted by Women’s Health Research at Yale and the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) on June 15 in New Haven, Conn., welcomed more than 50 speakers, researchers from 28 departments across Yale, and gathered 350+ attendees for a day-long event that covered the power of women’s health research through an arc of discovery to practical impact.

This year, the Yale Department of Emergency Medicine welcomed two visiting physicians from Armenia, Lilit Serobyan, MD, and Vache Buniatyan, MD. The doctors, who are among the first graduates of the Yale Armenian Unified Emergency Medicine Residency Program (YUAEMRP), share their reflections on the program and their visit to New Haven, Connecticut.

In January 2026, the Pediatric and Adolescent Addiction Consult Service at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital celebrated its five-year anniversary. Established in 2021 by Deepa Camenga, MD, MHS, associate professor of emergency medicine at Yale School of Medicine, with collaboration from the YPAM’s adult Yale Addiction Medicine Consult Service (YAMCS), the service sees patients up to age 21 in the emergency department and admitted to the hospital for at-risk substance use, mild to severe substance use disorders (SUDs), and associated complications such as overdose and withdrawal.

The deadline to register for an upcoming three-day virtual mental health training for pediatric primary care providers hosted by Yale Child Study Center has been extended to June 5, 2026. The Patient-Centered Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care (PPP) course trains clinicians to diagnose and treat the mental health conditions that they see regularly in their practice. The fee to participate is $50 and online registration is available via Yale ePAY.

For the eighth consecutive year, the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine was recognized among the nation’s leaders in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding, ranking #2 in the U.S. according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. This year’s achievement is marked by an extraordinary expansion in faculty success, with 14 faculty members receiving NIH funding and 9 among the top 100 NIH-funded emergency medicine investigators nationwide.

A new study published in JAMA Network Open reveals that participation in emergency department-based clinical trials delivers substantial benefits that extend far beyond improved patient outcomes.

In a Yale study, researchers found that seven-day injectable buprenorphine and daily tablet buprenorphine are equally safe and effective in engaging patients with opioid use disorder in treatment after an emergency department visit.

In a new study published in JAMA Network Open, Yale researchers examined the burdens for people who use public transit to access methadone treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) at Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) in Connecticut.

FORE has awarded a grant of $917,027 to Yale University to establish the National Methadone Access and Quality Commission (NMAQC), a new national initiative focused on improving access to methadone, an evidence-based treatment for people with opioid use disorder (OUD).