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We write today to share that Gordon Murray Shepherd, MD, DPhil, professor emeritus in the Department of Neuroscience, passed away on June 9, 2022. His leadership extended from research to education, and was infused with personal integrity, generosity, and great wisdom. The obituary below was prepared by Stephen Strittmatter, MD, PhD.

Joy Hirsch, PhD, Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Neuroscience, spoke to Discover about the power of eye contact.

What if scientists could study human psychiatric illness in plants? Yale researchers think it’s possible and they’ve taken an important first step. In a study published June 2 in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, they investigated a gene very similar in both plants and mammals and looked at how it affects behavior in each.

An experimental drug restored brain synapses in two mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease, raising hopes that it could help revive cognitive function in human dementia patients.

Yale researchers across disciplines are using single cell technologies to profile various kinds of cells that exist together in both healthy and diseased organs and create the most detailed blueprints of diseases to date, as well as to better understand how various cells develop over time and interact with one another.

During sleep, our brains are busy consolidating memories and removing waste to keep our minds sharp. Recent findings from Yale on sleep hygiene and more.

Three faculty members from the Department of Internal Medicine, Cary Gross, MD; Elizabeth Jonas, MD; and Patrick G. O'Connor, MD, MPH, MACP, were elected into the Association of American Physicians (AAP) during the organization’s annual meeting in April 2022.