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Yale researchers have received a $12 million award from the NIH as part of the Human Immune Project Consortium to study vaccine responses in vulnerable groups, including patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) undergoing B cell depletion therapy, older adults including particularly vulnerable older residents of long-term care facilities, and certain individuals with sickle cell disease.
- June 16, 2022
Discoveries & Impact highlights select scientific discoveries per section across the Department of Internal Medicine...
- June 15, 2022
A panel of experts in infectious disease and public health shared their insights into some of the factors driving an international outbreak of monkeypox during a virtual event June 9 sponsored by the Yale Institute for Global Health.
- June 07, 2022Source: Yale Daily News
Akiko Iwasaki’s active Twitter use might have led her to the treatment for long COVID after finding a Facebook poll made by individuals with the condition.
- June 02, 2022
Irina Krykbaeva, a recent PhD graduate in the Department of Pathology at Yale School of Medicine, is the winner of the 2022 Milton C. Winternitz Prize in Pathology. The prize is awarded annually to the student who, in the opinion of the department faculty and staff, has done outstanding work in the course.
- May 31, 2022
Yale researchers Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, and Harlan Krumholz, MD, are striving to solve the mysteries of long COVID, and to provide a compassionate voice for those feeling isolated and ignored by the medical community.
- May 31, 2022Source: AAI Website
Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D. (AAI ’00), HHMI, Yale University School of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2022 AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award.
- May 27, 2022
T cells, biology textbooks teach us, are the soldiers of the immune system, constantly on the ready to respond to a variety of threats, from viruses to tumors. However, without rest and maintenance T cells can die and leave their hosts more susceptible to pathogens, Yale scientists report May 27 in the journal Science.
- May 26, 2022Source: ICIS
Ryan G. Gaudet was awarded the 2022 The Sidney & Joan Pestka Post-Graduate Award
- May 26, 2022Source: Connecticut Magazine
The last couple of years have seen a seismic evolution in the health care industry. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led not just to technological advances such as mRNA vaccines — out of necessity it also triggered a quantum leap in how medical practitioners at all levels approach providing care, including an almost overnight revolution in virtual consultations and telemedicine.