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Yale School of Medicine and Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development (EQBMED) — a multi-institute collaboration focused on clinical trial diversity — announced today a new partnership with 14 community and faith-based organizations and professional societies, furthering its mission to foster equitable access to clinical trials.
- April 03, 2024
The Role of Data in Public Health Equality and Innovation Conference, bringing together a global and diverse group of leaders from academia, government, health care, and private industry, takes place at Yale April 8-9.
- March 20, 2024
Marcella Nunez-Smith is laser-focused on eliminating inequities among marginalized people.
- January 31, 2024
The Office of Health Equity Research (OHER) is pleased to announce the 2023 OHER Awards for Yale Research Excellence recipients and finalists.
- January 01, 2024
The Office of Health Equity Research (OHER) is excited to announce it has awarded funds to address pediatric asthma disparities in New Haven to a coalition of community and academic partners through its Community Health Equity Accelerator initiative. A partner team comprised of the Hispanic Federation Inc. of Connecticut, Center for Children’s Advocacy (CCA), and faculty from the Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Sections of General Pediatrics and Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy, Immunology and Sleep Medicine will receive a pilot award of $150,000 to develop and implement a multilevel community-based intervention.
- October 09, 2023
Bradley titled her talk “Getting on the Balcony,” meaning stepping back to see the recurrent patterns in one’s life and career.
- October 03, 2023Source: The Washington Post
After decades of progress, life expectancy — long regarded as a singular benchmark of a nation’s success — peaked in 2014 at 78.9 years, then drifted downward even before the coronavirus pandemic. A year-long Washington Post examination reveals that this erosion in life spans is deeper and broader than widely recognized, afflicting a far-reaching swath of the United States. Featuring YSM's Marcella Nunez-Smith.
- June 12, 2023
Another exciting meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has ended and faculty from Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital reflect on the very impressive and important takeaways, and time spent with colleagues and friends.
- June 05, 2023Source: MedScape
Burnout among clinicians is partly fueled by them no longer having the time to develop meaningful connections with patients, argues US Surgeon General Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA.
- June 03, 2023Source: HemeOnc Today
The escalating prevalence of burnout among U.S. health care providers poses “a real threat” to public health, the U.S. surgeon general told ASCO Annual Meeting attendees.