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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.

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.

The Trump Administration's cuts to USAID funding endanger the lives of millions and imperil decades worth of health care progress.

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.

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.

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.

The Housing and Health Equity lab is thrilled to announce that our outstanding student research assistant, Cassandra Michel, recently presented at the APHA conference in Minneapolis. Cassandra's presentation, titled "Unveiling the Impact of Pandemic Eviction Prevention Policies on Health Equity," drew on interviews with tenants in Columbus, OH, and Bridgeport, CT, to examine their experiences with Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) available to those facing eviction during the pandemic.

Annie Harper, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, spoke to Connecticut Public Radio for a story about the increase in power outages due to climate change, and the need to provide power to people who rely on home medical devices.