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Two senior undergraduate students at Yale, each of whom conducted extensive research in labs at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH), were recent recipients of prestigious awards for postgraduate study.
- March 17, 2026Source: CT Mirror
While households wait for subsidies and struggle with unaffordable rents, even a temporary financial shock can push them into homelessness, YSPH Professor Danya Keene and colleagues say in this Op-Ed.
- August 11, 2025Source: Health Affairs
On a single night in 2024, more than 770,000 individuals experienced homelessness in the United States. This reflects the highest number of individuals experiencing homelessness ever recorded in US history, and a continued reversal in the declining trend seen between 2007 and 2016.
- June 01, 2025
We’re excited to share our annual Community Report. This report highlights our activities, research efforts, and key findings over the past year—and it reflects the insight, dedication, and hard work of our entire community.
- May 30, 2025Source: The Hill
In their recent opinion piece, our colleagues Peter Hepburn and Emily Benfer argue that right to counsel programs are an essential, locally led strategy to safeguard low-income renters from eviction and homelessness amid declining federal support.
- March 25, 2025Source: CT Mirror
Public assistance programs are designed to support vulnerable individuals. Proposed widespread cuts in assistance programs would cause disruptions in health care access, food security, and housing stability to many in Connecticut, Penelope Schlesinger, MPH, manager of the Yale School of Public Health's Housing and Health Equity Lab says in this commentary.
- March 13, 2025Source: The Progressive Magazine
The Trump Administration's cuts to USAID funding endanger the lives of millions and imperil decades worth of health care progress.
- March 11, 2025
March 11, 2025, marks five years since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic. We asked Yale School of Public Health faculty, staff, students, and alumni to reflect on the lessons they have learned since March 11, 2020, and how to apply those lessons if we are confronted with another health crisis. Their responses highlight the importance of community, collaboration, communication, and innovation.
- November 18, 2024Source: The Hartford Courant
Fabiola Arbelo Cruz, MD; Caroline Dumont, MD, MPH; Emma Lo, MD; Annie Harper, PhD; Billy Bromage, MSW; and Lori Wallace, PhD, MPH advocate in The Hartford Courant for officials to stop displacing the homeless from encampments in Connecticut.
- November 13, 2024
This month's Student Spotlight focuses on Galen Jones, MPH/MBA '26 (Health Care Management). Jones, who spent nine years in the Army as a Special Forces medical sergeant, he came to YSPH as a Pat Tillman Scholar.