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A new study led by Yale School of Medicine's William Becker, MD, finds that an interdisciplinary, individualized approach to pain management, incorporating coaching support and health goal planning, can help reduce the impact of chronic pain on veterans.

Sarwat Chaudhry, MD, associate dean for student research, welcomed attendees to the 38th annual Student Research Day on May 6. The annual tradition celebrates the research accomplishments of Yale School of Medicine (YSM) students.

The Physician Assistant (PA) Online Program graduated its seventh and final class on Friday, May 8. The ceremony took place in Battel Chapel and celebrated 37 students as they began their careers in health care.

More than twenty years ago, the family of Marguerite Rush Lerner, MD, established and endowed the first Program for Humanities in Medicine contest. On May 7, faculty, friends, and families gathered to celebrate this year’s award-winning artists and writers.

A new Yale School of Medicine study seeks to understand where the physician-scientist pipeline begins and where it may be faltering.

A new study published in JAMA Network Open on May 7, 2026, engaged 42 national experts in hospital-based addiction treatment in a consensus-building process to develop best practices for hospital-initiated medications for opioid use disorder.

In a Q&A, Yale’s Katherine McKenzie explains the work of the Center for Asylum Medicine, which offers forensic medical evaluations to those who may have experienced physical and psychological scars in their home country.

The Yale Department of Internal Medicine presented two staff members with the 2026 Department of Internal Medicine Service Excellence Award. Michelle Colon, senior administrative assistant, and June Weiss, research manager, both from the Section of General Internal Medicine, were presented with the awards at the Internal Medicine Staff Town Hall on April 21, 2026.

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