I hope you are well and I am sure you are looking forward to winter break. As I look at the student news section of this newsletter I am filled with pride. Nathan Earl and Kyle Hampson presented at last month’s APHA annual meeting, Nathan Carrol did a study on “Swiftie Amnesia” (a condition new to me and I suspect to the rest of the world), and three of the seven student innovators featured in the school’s annual magazine are from the program: Mike Binney, Jolene Bressi, and Sham Firdausi. And congratulations to Sham, Jolene, Ashish Sanon, and Rusty Rutherford for competing in a national case competition, making it to the second round, and placing higher than any other Ivy League school. In addition, I had the pleasure of conducting an interview with Dean Ranney under the auspices of a new group formed by several of our students: Violence Intervention Training, Advocacy and Education Student Group (VITAE). My thanks to the
group’s founders, including Nathan Earl, Jenna Butner, and Ashley Reynolds Marshall. In addition, we have students serving on a number of school committees. You are making a mark at Yale and well beyond.
I also want to share with you a transition I recently made, stepping down from my role as Executive Director of the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health. This long-planned change provides me with a bit of time to pursue other interests and passions. When my colleague, Dr. Robert Dubrow, and I created an initiative more than eight years ago that is now the center, there were few centers or programs at schools of public health or elsewhere devoted to climate change and health. The number has expanded markedly, and I am proud of the leading role the center plays in education, research, and community engagement. I urge you in your professional and personal lives to think how you can support the many positive changes happening in this field, and to advocate for a climate policy based on urgency and equity.
Warmly,
Martin Klein, PhD, MPH
Director, Yale Executive MPH Program
Vasilis Vasiliou, department chair and Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences)
Faculty Profile
Vasilis Vasiliou’s research interests revolve around understanding the etiology and molecular mechanisms of environmentally induced human diseases, such as liver disease, obesity, diabetes, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases. His research focuses on the exposome, metabolism, and antioxidants to elucidate how they contribute to human health and disease.
Yale Ventures offers opportunities for EMPH students
Yale Ventures supports faculty and students from YSPH, including Executive Master of Public Health students, by providing business training, research funding, and recognition awards. In turn, these faculty members and students help to generate strategic insights that help accelerate the pace of Yale innovation and the commercialization of Yale research.
Lauren DiBenedetto is a pediatric dentist and serves as the clinical drector and full-time faculty member at the Yale-New Haven Hospital Pediatric Dental Center. She chose the Executive MPH program because it allows her to also maintain her career. She also appreciates how this program offers a unique blend of engaged faculty, dynamic lectures, and a cohort of students from different backgrounds with multiple perspectives.
The West Metro Fire Rescue Advanced Resource Medic in Lakewood, Colorado, is a pilot agency for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Mike Binney says that the opportunity to be a part of this program on the forefront of change in the 911 system has been the professional honor of his life.
Read more about Binney and many other EMPH students in the Student News section of this newsletter.
“Collective well-being” is a holistic way to better understand the overall health of a community where its members can thrive. In many ways, Yale can be thought of as a community where its faculty, students, trainees, and staff are its “residents. ” Yale seeks to support all members of its community so that they can thrive in all aspects of their lives.
Ebola Ten Years On: Strengthening Global Health Systems and Bridging the Gap
This December marks the 10-year anniversary of the emergence of Ebola in West Africa that caused a tragic epidemic with more than 10,000 deaths in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Opinion: Trust in science is declining. Here’s how we can regain it
A physician friend recently shared something shocking. Her patient had been putting off a much-needed colonoscopy, despite a strong family history of colon cancer.
Grief and trauma specialist Nelba Márquez-Greene appointed Activist in Residence
Nelba Márquez-Greene, a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in grief, loss, trauma, and their impact on individuals and systems, is the Yale School of Public Health’s new Activist in Residence.
Did you know...Quicksearch is Yale’s discovery layer where you can search all of Yale’s collections and subscriptions across all library locations in a single search. Conveniently, after running an initial search, you can then browse results by format type (archives, audio, journal and magazine articles, and more). Watch this two-minute-long video tutorial to learn how to use Quicksearch
, then try it out for yourself, and get in touch with any questions you might have at publichealth.librarians@yale.edu.
The Canvas Resource Site’s calendar feature – on your left-hand Global Navigation menu – is a great tool to manage all of your course meeting times and due dates in one place. Students can use the calendar to view their upcoming course events and assignments. They can also create personal events such as study groups.
