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The Wilbur Downs Fellowship Program is supported by an endowment in honor of Wilbur G. Downs, MD, MPH. The Fellowship is carried out under the auspices of the Wilbur Downs Fellowship Committee and Yale School of Public Health.
- October 23, 2019
InnovateHealth Yale (IHY) will award up to $5,000 in seed funding to innovative solutions which address a health challenge that disproportionately impacts low-income communities in the United States or low-resource countries. The award is open to all Yale students and a team may include non-Yale students (the project leader must be a Yale student).
- October 23, 2019
“Prehab," which Yale Medicine offers, involves addressing muscle imbalances or weaknesses that, if left unchecked, could increase the risk of injury.
- October 23, 2019
Valentina Greco, PhD, Carolyn Walch Slayman Professor of Genetics, will speak about "Principles of Skin Epithelial Tolerance Discovered by Live Imaging" on October 30 at 10 a.m., in the Fitkin Amphitheatre.
- October 23, 2019
Multiple speakers will discuss therapies for esophageal cancer.
- October 22, 2019
The October 17, 2019 Department of Internal Medicine’s inaugural The Second Century of Women at Yale: Emerging Leaders in Internal Medicine Medical Grand Rounds, “Cognitive Side Effects of Cancer Therapy,” was presented by Herta H. Chao, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine (medical oncology).
- October 22, 2019
Taking a cue from the ancient Greeks and their deep respect for the olive tree and the oil produced from its fruit, researchers led by the Yale School of Public Health are hosting a symposium in December in the legendary city of Delphi to explore the many human and planetary health benefits associated with the olive tree and its products.
- October 22, 2019
Two Yale Department of Psychiatry faculty and two students with diverse backgrounds in women’s mental health will speak at the first Women’s Mental Health Conference at Yale on October 25.
- October 21, 2019
Six Yale School of Medicine faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). The six are among 100 new members elected by the organization to receive the honor, which recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service in the fields of health and medicine.
- October 21, 2019
Philanthropists Judith and Stewart Colton have donated a major gift to establish the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Yale, under the direction of Joseph E. Craft, MD, Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine and professor of immunobiology.
