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Twelve Yale School of Medicine faculty members are among the leading experts in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine newly elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.

Manufacturers of oral nicotine products – pouches, tablets, or lozenges – are using splashy ad campaigns to appeal to retailers, particularly focusing on profitability, convenience of use, and availability of non-tobacco flavors, according to a study published in November 2024 by a multi-institution team that included two Yale researchers. Nicotine pouches are relatively new products in the U.S. tobacco market but have been gaining rapid popularity.

Rajita Sinha, PhD, Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Neuroscience, spoke to Time about how the ‘adaptive hormone’ cortisol works.

Using functional brain imaging and machine learning, Yale researchers were able to predict PTSD symptoms 14 months after the initial traumatic event.

The Yale Department of Psychiatry is home to Yale Behavioral Health (YBH) Consulting Services. YBH was created over 25 years ago by faculty members Michael Hoge, PhD, and Scott Migdole, MSW, LCSW, to provide evidenced-based clinical treatment, correctional mental health care, therapeutic educational services for adolescents, and regional crisis services for adolescents and adults.

We’ve been conditioned to think that dieting and thinness are the norm. Yet, by widening the definition of “healthy” and focusing on small, sustainable changes, you may find that you’re better able to achieve your goals, both on and off the scale. YSPH Professor Marney White comments.

Janet Lydecker, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, spoke to the New Haven Register about "avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder" and how it’s different from picky eating.

Carlos Grilo, PhD, professor of psychiatry, is the highest ranked published scholar in the field of eating disorders in the past five years, according to new rankings released by ScholarGPS.

Joy Kaufman, PhD, professor of psychiatry, has been appointed Deputy Chair for Career Development in the Yale Department of Psychiatry.