Hundreds of faculty, students, alumni, staff, and friends of the School of Medicine gathered on June 1 for Celebration and Reflection, a symposium to commemorate 100 years of women at YSM. Sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women in Medicine (SWIM), the Minority Organization for..
Luye Life Sciences Group, a Chinese medical conglomerate, has given the Yale Stem Cell Center (YSCC) $1 million in support of basic stem cell research. The gift “will allow my lab to explore cutting-edge questions that are high-risk and unlikely to be funded by mainstream funding mechanisms,”..
The lungs are made up of some 30 to 40 different types of cells. “When you get sick, these cells can change.
Immediately after conception, the cells in a fetus can begin to accumulate tiny genetic mutations—the kinds of changes that occur throughout life and may lead to diseases such as cancer. So conclude researchers who analyzed differences among fetal human brain cells, as published Dec.
Migratory type 2 conventional dendritic cells (cDC2s) appear to induce an especially robust immune response to vaccination, making vaccines more effective. Stephanie C.
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are drugs designed to turn the immune system into a cancer-destroying weapon. However it appears that certain tumors, such as those associated with colorectal cancers, possess immune-suppressive mechanisms that thwart such therapies.
Thyroid hormone, or drugs based on the hormone, may be effective against pulmonary fibrosis—a chronic and progressive lung disease—according to a new study. Researchers led by Naftali Kaminski, MD, chief of pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine and the Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals,..
Biological structures exist and function in three dimensions, but the limitations of imaging technology have long meant that scientists could examine only two dimensions in fine detail. The traditional practice of analyzing specimens one thin slice at a time, even if the structure being..
Medicine permeated the youth of Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS ’06, associate professor of medicine (general medicine) and of epidemiology (chronic diseases/social and behavioral sciences). Her godfather, a surgeon, practiced it.
Yale Cancer Center (YCC) has launched the Yale Center for Immuno-Oncology (YCIO), which will build on YCC’s international leadership in immunobiology, cancer immunology, and development of novel cancer immunotherapies. It is a partnership between YCC and immunobiology at Yale University.
Frank Fortunati, MD, JD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been named medical director for Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital and associate chief of psychiatry for Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH). He served in an interim capacity for more than two years.
In recognition of their outstanding research achievements, four School of Medicine faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Akiko Iwasaki, PhD; Haifan Lin, PhD; David G.
The launch in January of the medical school’s inaugural physician assistant online program (PA Online) marked the first time that students not on campus could work toward a Yale degree. Forty-two students are enrolled in the initial class, in a program designed to let talented aspiring physician..
Craig M. Crews, PhD, Lewis B.
Stephanie C. Eisenbarth, MD, PhD, associate professor of laboratory medicine, of immunobiology, and of medicine (immunology), has received the National Blood Foundation’s Award for Innovative Research, for work that has been instrumental in helping to determine why some patients become..
Stephanie S. O’Malley, PhD, professor of psychiatry, has received the Research Society on Alcoholism’s 2018 Distinguished Researcher Award, which honors a senior researcher who has made outstanding scientific contributions to the alcohol field.
John Elefteriades, MD, William W. L.
Sangini S. Sheth, MD, MPH, assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, has received the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Immunization Champion Award, for demonstrating exceptional progress in increasing immunization rates among pregnant women in..
Paul D. Kirwin, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, receives the Jack Weinberg Memorial Award in Geriatric Psychiatry from the American Psychiatric Association, given for special leadership and outstanding work in clinical practice, training, or research into geriatric psychiatry.
Robert M. Weiss, MD, Donald Guthrie Professor of Urology, has received the John W.
David H. Stitelman, MD, assistant professor of surgery (pediatrics) and of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, has received the Hartwell Foundation’s Individual Biomedical Research Award, in support of his research into “Fetal Cure for Spina Bifida.