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Yale's Center for Infection & Immunity, directed by Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, will lead the funded research.
- February 15, 2024Source: Duke University School of Medicine
Women's Health Research at Yale Investigator Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, delivered a Lefkowitz Lecture at Duke School of Medicine on February 13, 2024.
- January 30, 2024Source: YaleNews
YSM immunobiologist Akiko Iwasaki has received a grant from the Lupus Research Alliance that will allow her to investigate the possible cause of the vexing autoimmune disease.
- January 23, 2024Source: The New Yorker
People with post-viral illnesses often feel shut out of the scientific establishment. Two renowned Yale researchers are attempting to bring them in.
- December 01, 2023Source: Scientific American
Yale School of Medicine's Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, and Erica Spatz, MD, MHS, weigh in on the declining rates of long COVID.
- October 31, 2023
The term post-acute infection syndrome refers to chronic diseases that occur after an acute viral, bacterial, or parasitic infection, including chronic Lyme and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Yale School of Medicine is investigating the many questions surrounding post-acute infection syndromes in its new Center for Infection & Immunity.
- October 27, 2023
Yale School of Medicine has received major gifts to support Professor Akiko Iwasaki's research into Long COVID, chronic Lyme disease, and ME/CFS.
- October 09, 2023Source: WFSB 3
Dr. Akiko Iwasaki discusses Long COVID with WFSB 3.
- September 25, 2023Source: YaleNews
People who have experienced symptoms for months or longer after being infected exhibit different immune and hormonal responses to the virus, a new study finds.
- September 25, 2023Source: Forbes
Researchers with Mount Sinai Hospital and Yale University say they’re the first to identify specific blood biomarkers that can accurately identify long Covid—allowing them to create an algorithm to determine whether a patient is suffering from the lingering condition, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Nature.