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Joao P. De Aquino, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been awarded an R01 grant to build a human laboratory model of how alcohol affects pain in people living with alcohol use disorder, chronic pain, or both.

Adults at high risk of melanoma recurrence and spread were able to stay cancer-free with personalized vaccines made with mRNA technology.

David Braum, MD, joined WTNH's Health Headlines segment to bring awareness about kidney cancer.

David Braun, MD, PhD, associate professor of internal medicine (medical oncology and hematology), has been selected by the leadership committee of the 2026 Kidney Cancer Research Summit as the recipient of the 2026 KidneyCAN Catalyst Award.

Adati Tarfa, PharmD, PhD, instructor in the Department of Internal Medicine, received a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award to support her research on a community pharmacy-based model integrating HIV and substance use disorder care.

The Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI) has named its 2026 Scholars—early-career researchers who will receive added support as they build their careers. YCCI Scholars include junior faculty, postdoctoral trainees, and predoctoral trainees.

Women’s Health Research at Yale announced the five latest pilot projects to join its program, and a partnership with Yale Cancer Center.

Siyuan Cheng, PhD, and Yaru Xu, PhD, associate research scientists in the Ping Mu Lab, were recently awarded the Urology Care Foundation Research Scholar Award, established to recruit outstanding young investigators into urologic research and foster their career success.

Haoyu Cheng, PhD, has been awarded an R01 grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health for the project "Toward Comprehensive Genomic Analysis Through De Novo Genome Assembly." The award totals $2,618,998,