YSM News and Recognition
The Class of 2024 graduates with a speech and a song from former NIH Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD; Yale becomes the leader of a major research consortium that highlights participant diversity; and a study finds that patients would benefit from less-aggressive cancer treatment near the end of life.
News
- May 21, 2024
The Class of 2024 receives encouragement and sound advice — and a well-received song — from the Commencement speaker, former National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD.
- May 21, 2024
Since its inception, the All of Us team at Yale has enrolled more than 500 local participants in the program, with an impressive 81% representation of underrepresented racial or ethnic minorities. This diversity not only enriches the dataset, but also ensures that findings from DNA research are applicable and beneficial to all populations.
- May 16, 2024
The findings of a recent study revealed no statistically significant survival benefit for patients treated at practices that used more systemic therapy compared with those that used less.
- May 16, 2024
The first U.S. trial of varenicline for e-cigarette cessation shows promising results and warrants larger-scale trials, researchers say.
- May 10, 2024
A novel interdisciplinary curriculum has been successfully implemented in Internal Medicine residency programs to enhance education in women's health, gender-affirming care, and health disparities.
Recognition
Hafler Becomes an AAI Distinguished Fellow
David Hafler, MD (right), chair and William S. and Lois Stiles Edgerly Professor of Neurology and professor of immunobiology, was made a distinguished fellow of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) at the association's annual meeting in Chicago. Hafler received the honor from Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and AAI's president. Hafler says it is particularly rewarding as a clinician to be recognized by a basic science group.
Deborah Dyett Desir Wins NAACP President's Award
Deborah Dyett Desir, MD, associate professor of medicine (rheumatology, allergy & immunology), received the President's Award at the 107th annual NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner on May 16.
Gross and Athanasopoulou Are Elected to INSPIRE Posts
Isabel Theresia Gross, MD, PhD, MPH (left), associate professor of pediatrics (emergency medicine), and Sofia Athanasopoulou, MD, clinical fellow, have been elected to the 2024-2025 International Network of Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, and Education (INSPIRE) executive board as incoming co-chair and fellowship representative, respectively.
Leapman Earns Best Abstract Honor From EAU
Michael Leapman, MD, MHS, associate professor of urology, received a best abstract designation at the 2024 European Association of Urology [EAU] event held in Paris in April. Leapman's abstract was titled "MRI, Micro-ultrasound, and PSMAPET."
Schultz Earns NESS Best Presentation Award
Kurt Schultz, MD, hospital resident in surgery and PhD candidate in investigative medicine, won the New England Surgical Society's (NESS) best presentation award on the society's Clinical Research Day.
Tarfa Earns a Pilot Grant to Study Medication Distribution for Opioid Use Disorder
Adati Tarfa, PharmD, PhD, MS, postdoctoral associate, has been awarded an I-STARR (Infrastructure for Treatment and Addiction Recovery Residences) pilot grant. The grant is for a study to examine how well the nation’s first legal retail mobile pharmacy, operated through YSM and called InSTRIDE (Integrating Substance Use Treatment Research with Infectious Disease for Everyone), can offer medication for opioid use disorder to individuals in recovery housing, bridging access barriers.