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56 Yale Pediatricians Recognized by Connecticut Magazine's 2024 “Top Doctors” List
More than 300 Yale Medicine physicians have earned a spot on the 2024 Connecticut Magazine “Top Doctors” list.
2 May 2024
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Yale Pediatrics Poster Presenters at PAS 2024
Check out which of our faculty will be presenting posters at the 2024 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in Toronto, Canada.
28 Feb 2024
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High School Students Encouraged to Explore Possibilities During YSM Visit
On February 9, high school students from New Haven (Wilbur L. Cross and James Hillhouse High Schools), Bridgeport (Great Oaks Charter School), and the Guilford A Better Chance Program visited Yale School of Medicine (YSM). The visit was organized by the medical school’s Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
28 Feb 2024
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Advocates push to expand health coverage for immigrants in Connecticut
Immigrant rights groups are pushing to expand Connecticut’s HUSKY Medicaid program. Over the past few years, children up to 15 years have been included in the health care plan. Advocates are now pushing for more in the current legislative session.
Source: WTNH
14 Feb 2024
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Building Bridges: DICE-Driven Exchange Connects Navajo Technical University Students with Yale School of Medicine
In a unique educational collaboration, students from Navajo Technical University (NTU) recently visited Yale University's School of Medicine, thanks to a partnership curated by YSM's Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement office, commonly known as DICE. The cross-cultural experience offered individuals from both institutions an opportunity to learn from each other and share diverse perspectives on the value of an education in science and medicine.
15 Nov 2023
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Engaging With New Haven
Yale School of Medicine held its second annual New Haven Voices conversation with community leaders, creating a platform for health professional trainees to better understand the context of the community in which they serve.
12 Oct 2023
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Two professors from Yale University among the speakers at the XX International Conference on Vaccine Updates
Doctors Marietta Vázquez and Inci Yildirim, specialists in pediatrics and infectious diseases respectively, will participate in the annual meeting
Source: The Balmis Vaccine Institute
13 Jun 2023
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Department of Pediatrics Leadership
Pediatrics' leaders since 1921.
22 May 2023
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Looking Forward
MARIETTA VAZQUEZ, MD, professor of pediatrics (general pediatrics) and associate dean for medical student diversity, is a trailblazer for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts both in her department and across the medical school. Born in Puerto Rico, her identity has shaped who she is today as a clinician and researcher. Yale Medicine Magazine spoke with Vazquez about her journey to medicine, as well as her present and future initiatives.
22 May 2023
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Connecticut doctors call on legislators to expand health care for undocumented immigrants
Health care professionals across Connecticut are concerned about the state’s health policies for undocumented children.
Source: WSHU
10 May 2023
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Health care providers call on CT to expand HUSKY Medicaid coverage to undocumented teens
Healthcare providers and advocates are calling on state lawmakers and Gov. Ned Lamont to expand Medicaid for undocumented children in Connecticut.
Source: CT Public
10 May 2023
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42 Yale Pediatricians Recognized by Connecticut Magazine's 2023 “Top Doctors” List
Connecticut Magazine’s 2023 'Top Doctors' list includes more than 250 Yale Medicine physicians who were selected by their peers as the best in their fields. Forty-two of them are from Yale Pediatrics!
4 May 2023
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See Yale Pediatrics at PAS 2023
Check out where our faculty will be presenting at the 2023 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in Washington, D.C.
6 Apr 2023
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Why Is Everyone I Know Getting Sick?
Masks and social distancing made the common cold nearly disappear, but now these viruses are back with a vengeance. RSV is filling up emergency rooms, and flu season is off to a roaring start, too. It’s the worst season of respiratory illness in recent memory. Why is this happening? Alok and Sheena explain the leading theory behind the “tripledemic.” Vitals is a series that’s taking a new approach to health and medicine. Hosts Alok Patel, MD, and Sheena Williams RN are going beyond the headlines to answer your questions on the latest health topics. No judgment, no taboos. Just 100% science-based information.
Source: PBS Vitals
16 Nov 2022
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The Worst Pediatric-Care Crisis in Decades
An early, massive wave of RSV, flu, and other viral infections is slamming kids and overcrowding emergency departments.
Source: The Atlantic
31 Oct 2022
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New Haven Voices
“You have to understand the community you serve.” New Haven’s director of public health, Maritza Bond, MPH, made this point during the two-part panel discussion series for the Yale health professional schools community, New Haven Voices, held on September 8 and 29.
19 Oct 2022
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Yale Takes DEI Knowledge to Puerto Rico
The idea for the nine-hour symposium sprang from conversations with medical students. The session covered imposter syndrome, implicit bias, microaggressions, colorism, and women’s health.
31 Aug 2022
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2022 ‘Top Doctors’ List Features Over 200 Yale Medicine Physicians
Connecticut Magazine’s 2022 'Top Doctors' list includes more than 200 Yale Medicine physicians who were selected by their peers as the best in their fields.
Source: Yale Medicine
2 May 2022
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Participants From Two Pipeline Programs Visit YSM for Conference
Almost 70 undergraduates, postgrads, and advisors to students considering health and science careers visited Yale School of Medicine (YSM) for two days in early April, as part of two YSM pipeline programs that had been virtual since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
20 Apr 2022
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100 Years of Pediatrics at Yale
Watch our new video as we celebrate 100 years of Pediatrics at Yale!
5 Apr 2022