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On May 24, 2023, 65 staff members from the Department of Internal Medicine were recognized for service anniversaries, ranging from five to 40 years.

At the recent American Geriatrics Society’s (AGS) Annual Scientific Meeting, Yale School of Medicine’s Departments of Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Surgery, along with Yale School of Nursing and Yale New Haven Health’s Northeast Medical Group, had an impressive showing, hosting 30 poster presentations, talks, and breakout sessions.

The Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale, made possible by a generous grant from the Blavatnik Family Foundation, supports Yale faculty in the commercialization of biomedical and digital health innovations.

Clemente Britto-Leon, MD, assistant professor of medicine (pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine) at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), received the Carol Basbaum Award from the Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (RCMB) Assembly of the American Thoracic Society.

Katie McAvoy, MD, clinical fellow (pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine), was awarded top abstract by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Innovations in Fellowship Education Working Group.

Lauren Ferrante, MD, MHS, assistant professor of medicine (pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine) has won the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Jo Rae Wright Award for Outstanding Science.

Geoffrey Chupp, MD, professor of medicine (pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine), and Kelsey Kaman, MD, assistant professor, discuss what you need to know this allergy season.

It’s been more than three years since the COVID pandemic began, causing over six million deaths worldwide (as of April 2023). While things have largely returned to normal thanks to vaccines, lockdowns, and public health measures and with the Public Health Emergency recently ending, life is a “new normal.” No one who has come out on the other side of the height of the pandemic has remained unaffected, whether physically, emotionally, or both. This is particularly true for the frontline healthcare workers who cared for very sick patients despite the fear of becoming ill themselves.

Irene Chernova, MD, PhD, instructor of medicine (nephrology) has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Iva Dostanic, MD, PhD, Physician-Scientist Trainee Award.