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In the new report, there are updates from our clinical programs, research endeavors, our work on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and educational programs. Our faculty members were honored for their educational excellence. Research initiatives at Yale received applause on the national and international stages. This book highlights all that we have accomplished together this past year…

Lauren Ferrante, MD, MHS, assistant professor of medicine (pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine), was awarded a Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the project Evaluating the Unmet Needs of Older Adults to Promote Functional Recovery After a Critical Illness (LANTERN).

The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to welcome the following new faculty, staff members, postdoctoral associates, postgraduate associates, postgraduate fellows, and academic services providers who joined us in August 2023...

The American College of Physicians (ACP) Internal Medicine Award is conferred each year to a graduating medical student from Yale School of Medicine (YSM) who plans to enter an internal medicine residency in Connecticut. YSM faculty members Barry Wu, MD, FACP, professor of medicine (geriatrics) and Nancy Angoff, MD, MPH, MEd, professor emerita of medicine (general medicine) established the award in 1999, in collaboration with faculty from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Yale scientists are evaluating a new method to treat debilitating and deadly pulmonary fibrosis.

Wildfire smoke contains tiny particles that can travel deep into the body and wreak havoc, particularly on the respiratory and cardiac systems, says Carrie Redlich, a pulmonologist and occupational environmental medicine physician at the Yale School of Medicine, who wasn’t involved in the exposure analysis. There’s still a lot that doctors don’t know about the impacts of wildfire smoke, however. Much of the research is based on general air pollution, and it’s difficult to tease apart the role smoke played in any given health outcome, Redlich says.

New research suggests that people with asthma suffered less severe infections and mortality than those without the lung disease.

Stephen Baldassarri, MD, MHS, assistant professor of medicine (pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine), discusses the basics of e-cigarettes, how e-cigarettes compare to conventional cigarettes, and the future of vaping and smoking.

Naftali Kaminski, MD, sends a message to the 2023 graduating class of Yale-PCCSM fellows.