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Considerations of Sex and Gender in FDA Tobacco Regulation
Danielle R. Davis, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry; Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, PhD, Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry; and Carolyn M. Mazure, PhD, Norma Weinberg Spungen and Joan Lebson Bildner Professor in Women's Health Research and Professor of Psychiatry and of Psychology, and director, Women's Health Research at Yale, provide examples of proposed regulatory changes by the FDA that could benefit from a greater focus on women and the influence of sex and gender on tobacco use.
Source: JAMA
30 May 2023
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Investigating the associations of acute psychedelic experiences and changes in racial trauma symptoms, psychological flexibility, and substance use among People with Racial and Ethnic Minoritized Identities in the United States and Canada
Angela Haeny, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, and a team of Yale Psychiatry researchers investigated the impact of psychedelics on substance use outcomes among people of color.
Source: Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment
27 Apr 2023
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Fucito, DeMartini Awarded Grant by NIAAA
Lisa Fucito, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, and Kelly DeMartini, PhD, research scientist in psychiatry, have been awarded a $3.21 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for the study, “Deep Phenotyping of Heavy Drinking in Young Adults with Behavioral Scales, Neuropsychological Tasks, and Smartphone Sensing Technology.”
10 Apr 2023
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Yale Study: First Nicotine Product Tried Correlates With Current Product Use and Nicotine Dependence in Youth
Young people who use smokeless tobacco as their first nicotine product may be more likely to try other nicotine products and develop nicotine dependence, according to a new study by Yale researchers. Patricia Simon, PhD, assistant professor adjunct of psychiatry, is the study's first author.
Source: Preventive Medicine
23 Feb 2023
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Grace Kong, PhD, in honor of Cancer Prevention Awareness Month
Dr. Grace Kong shares her thoughts in honor of National Cancer Prevention Awareness Month
21 Feb 2022
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Dr. Tom McMahon Looks Back
Thomas McMahon, PhD reflects on his long career in mental health care and the lessons he has learned working with children and families across generations.
22 Dec 2021
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Community Research Fellowship Program has Successful Inaugural Year
As part of a new program introduced by the Center for Community Engagement and Health Equity (CEHE) at Yale Cancer Center, and in partnership with the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE), nine community members from New Haven joined five research groups at Yale Cancer Center for a 9-month Fellowship in 2021 to bring community perspectives to cancer research and to learn about cancer research at Yale.
15 Sep 2021
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Yale GIM Fall Retreat Develops CHAMPions to Care for Patients Who Use Substances
Yale GIM Fall Retreat Develops CHAMPions to Care for Patients Who Use Substances
24 Nov 2020
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Cancer researcher Dr. Grace Kong hopes for understanding as people learn to work remotely during COVID-19
Dr. Grace Kong talks about working remotely during COVID-19
20 Apr 2020
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Vaping: A Huge Uncontrolled Experiment
E-cigarettes deliver their nicotine load into the lungs and include appealing flavors. Recent studies suggest that teenagers who would not otherwise have started smoking have been enticed back to tobacco products by e-cigarettes. Unfortunately, it takes years to see the consequences of any epidemic. "There's a huge uncontrolled experiment going on," said Stephanie O'Malley, PhD.
28 Feb 2020
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Teen Vaping Linked to More Health Risks
A popular type of vaping device, called pod mods, look like USB drives and can even be charged via a laptop or USB port. Yale researchers in addiction medicine are concerned that teens may not know that they could be vaping with nicotine, a highly addictive drug.
Source: Yale Medicine
18 Dec 2019
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How to Talk to Teens About Vaping Risks
When it comes to vaping, “it’s not a matter of if your child will get asked, but when,” says Tricia Dahl, a research assistant at Yale’s Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science.
Source: Yale Medicine
8 Oct 2019
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Juul Users Inhaling Chemicals Not Listed
When it comes to e-cigarettes, the ingredients listed are not all that users are consuming. Yale researchers found that chemical reactions in flavored liquids of the popular Juul e-cigarette create unexpected chemicals that can irritate users’ airways.
22 Aug 2019
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More Vaping-Related Dangers?
According to a recent Yale study, inhaling vapor from flavored e-cigarette liquid exposes users to previously undetected chemical byproducts called acetals. As a result of the study, the authors hope the FDA will begin to study the short- and long-term effects of inhaled acetals.
Source: Yale Medicine
22 Aug 2019
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Yale researchers study proliferation of vape trick videos on YouTube
Grace Kong, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, is lead author of a paper published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research that looks at the proliferation of vape trick videos on YouTube and the efforts by e-cigarette marketers and stores to promote them.
Source: Mashable
5 Jul 2019
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[VIDEO] AACR Congressional Briefing on E-cigarettes and Youth
Highlights from the June 12, 2019, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) congressional briefing on the potential public health crisis of e-cigarette use among youth and young adults.
Source: YouTube
26 Jun 2019
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Alumni Reunion 2019: Camaraderie & Programming for All Alumni
Campus community invited May 31 – June 1
17 Apr 2019
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Addicted to vaped nicotine, teenagers have no clear path to quitting
Marina Picciotto, PhD, Charles B.G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center, of Neuroscience and of Pharmacology, discusses the impact of exposing the brain's prefrontal cortex to nicotine in a New York Times report on teenage vaping.
Source: The New York Times
19 Dec 2018
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How to help teenagers quit vaping
Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, told the New York Times there are ways to reason with teens who use e-cigarettes.
Source: The New York Times
19 Dec 2018
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What exactly are you inhaling when you vape?
New study shows unexpected chemical reactions with flavouring in vape liquids
Source: CBC News
20 Oct 2018