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Yale faculty members Michelle Hughes, MD, assistant professor of medicine (digestive diseases), and Anne Mongiu, MD, PhD, assistant professor of surgery (colon and rectal), are launching a new campaign, Loving Your Guts, to promote colon health. The campaign, which kicks off during Colon Cancer Awareness Month, includes research and community outreach efforts on food deserts and swamps in the state of Connecticut and their impact on early-onset colorectal cancer and other gastrointestinal conditions that are influenced by diet, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

“In health care, we’ve found that bigger is often not better. We have your health insurer, is also your doctor’s office, is also your pharmacy. Businesses are not being run with patients front and center,” said Cary Gross, MD, Yale professor of medicine (general internal medicine) and public health.

Yale School of Medicine representatives attended two health profession fairs, one in February, 2025 and one in March, 2025.

Yale School of Medicine's Jorge Moreno, MD, specializes in treating obesity and obesity-related conditions. In a Q&A, he discusses the effectiveness of second-generation weight loss medications, their impact on other aspects of health, and how they change our relationship with food.

The Center for Medical Education has announced sixteen new fellows to participate in the Education Scholar Fellowship for 2025-2026.

Preprint server medRxiv played an essential role during the pandemic. Its founders are part of a new effort to guarantee the server’s long-term stability.

Congratulations to the following Yale Department of Internal Medicine faculty members who were recently promoted, appointed, or reappointed.

For the fourth consecutive year, the Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) at Yale School of Medicine has ranked #1 in the nation for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.

Meet Basile Njei, MD, MPH, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (digestive diseases). Njei is combining genetics and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve clinical outcomes, detect liver disease, and identify genetic and clinical predictors of liver disease. Njei is currently the co-director of the International Medicine Program in the Section of Digestive Diseases, through which he collaborates with the U.S. embassy in Cameroon to improve medical education and integrate AI into health care in Africa.