Horstmann portrait headlines opening of Aperture 2
Faculty, students, and staff attended the unveiling of a portrait of the late Dorothy Horstmann, MD, which coincided with the opening of "Aperture 2: Portraits of Women Faculty in Medicine."
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Horstmann portrait headlines opening of Aperture 2
Bidding up donations for people in need
At the 2019 Hunger and Homelessness Auction, students, faculty, and staff bid on goods and services to raise over $13,000 for local charities.
Overcoming infertility
For older parents or parents struggling with certain medical conditions who want to have children, fertility treatment is a modern technological miracle. Doctors at Yale School of Medicine provide an array of services, while leading research with exciting clinical applications.
In latest reproductive tech, all that glitters is not gold
At the same time researchers are developing innovative new ways to treat infertility, clinicians are making sure the existing techniques are as effective and efficient as possible.
Removing barriers to motherhood
As medicine's understanding of endometriosis has advanced, treatments and procedures have been developed to address the painful affliction.
A grand challenge: slowing the biological clock
People are working more and waiting longer to conceive. Doctors like David Seifer, MD, and Emre Seli, MD, are trying to slow the process of aging to help aid successful pregnancies among older couples.
A minimally invasive cure
Minimally invasive surgical procedures have given doctors a powerful tool to cure a variety of conditions without endangering patient health unnecessarily. Ultrasound has played an important role in that development.
A cure inside the womb
The lifelong impact of cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic—and sometimes fatal—multi-organ disease, begins before a baby is even born. As early as 16 weeks of gestation, babies with CF already show signs of damage to their pancreas, and upon birth, experience reduced birth weight, meconium ileus (a..
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Q&A: Hugh Taylor
The seeds for Hugh Taylor's career as a physician-scientist were planted in New Haven when he studied molecular biophysics and biochemistry as an undergraduate at Yale. The chair of the department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Taylor oversees exciting research that's helping change how people think about infertility.
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An ovarian pioneer
Long before she helped create the first artificial ovary, Sandra Carson, MD, was a child growing up in 1960s Pittsburgh when the steel mills were still bustling. Carson was filled with curiosity about the world around her; a curiosity that ended up serving her well in her career as a doctor and..
A warrior, a writer, and a future physician
There are many ways to describe Melissa Thomas: Fourth-year medical student. Army veteran.
A breath of fresh air
Linda Armstrong, MD '88, a pulmonologist and Head of Novartis' Global Respiratory Development Unit, has been pursuing an interest in science and medicine since a summertime high school laboratory job.