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Besse and Hafler Earn Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Awards
This award financially supports early career physician scientists to assist them in transitioning to independent research careers.
4 Aug 2021
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Juthani, Yale Infectious Disease Expert, Is Named Connecticut Public Health Commissioner
Manisha Juthani, MD, has been a central figure both at Yale and as an advisor to government officials during the effort to subdue the COVID-19 pandemic.
26 Jul 2021
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Yale Receives $15 Million for Health Education Collaboration
Yale University has received a $15 million, five-year U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) award to advance research utilization in Liberia’s health sector. This award will fund the continuation of Yale’s strong partnership with the University of Liberia and Vanderbilt University.
23 Jul 2021
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Colorectal Cancer and Women
Colon cancer has been undergoing a similar subdivision. Researchers have known for years that colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosis in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. The National Cancer Institute estimates 149,500 new cases in 2021 and 53,000 deaths.
21 Jul 2021
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Preparing Young Students of Color to Seize Opportunities in Health Care
YCCI's internship is an opportunity for young people to be exposed to careers in fields that were never meaningfully suggested to them before. It also is part of a long-term national health care priority: to create a health system where patients of color are more frequently treated by health professionals who look like them.
19 Jul 2021
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Will the Pandemic Scar Our Children?
Mental health experts discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's mental health.
Source: Yale Medicine
8 Jul 2021
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Sex-specific Immune Response in COVID-19 Linked to Cellular Metabolism
Researchers studying COVID-19 patients have found a metabolic pathway that is highly correlated with immune responses only in male patients, a group known to be more likely to suffer severe cases and die of the disease, representing a potential target for therapeutic intervention.
Source: Yale News
6 Jul 2021
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Nancy Brown and Gerald Shulman Are New Fellows of Royal College of Physicians
Nancy J. Brown, MD, and Gerald I. Shulman, MD, are the two newest fellows from Yale in the Royal College of Physicians, a London-based professional society.
23 Jun 2021
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Real-time Medical Advances: COVID Clinical Trials Moved Fast
Can an unprecedented year become a catalyst for future research?
Source: Yale Medicine
23 Jun 2021
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Herold is New Chair of International Diabetes Consortium
Kevan C. Herold, MD, C.N.H. Long Professor of Immunobiology and professor of medicine (endocrinology) at Yale School of Medicine, has been named chair of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) TrialNet, an international consortium dedicated to finding ways to prevent, delay, and slow progression of the disease.
10 Jun 2021
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$8.5M Federal Grant Aims for Big Impact from Small Molecules in the Gut
Yale researchers across a range of disciplines are coming together to explore the important role of microbial metabolites in our microbiota—the trillions of bacterial cells that colonize our intestines.
Source: Yale West Campus
7 Jun 2021
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YSM Commencement Celebrates MD Class of 2021
YSM Class of 2021 Commencement.
26 May 2021
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Faculty Entrepreneurs Receive Research Support from Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale
The Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale, made possible by a generous grant from the Blavatnik Family Foundation, supports Yale faculty in the commercialization of applied research and technology in the life sciences.
21 May 2021
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Yale Is a Prime Contributor to Connecticut's Vaccination Success
Connecticut has been leading the nation in vaccinating its citizens against COVID-19. Contributing to this success is a partnership between Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Health, which together have administered the highest number of vaccines of any vaccination site in the state.
20 May 2021
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Colón-Ramos Named Director of Wu Tsai Institute’s Center for Neurodevelopment and Plasticity
“In science, every answer ends with a question,” Colón-Ramos said. “The most exciting part of our work as scientists is that quest of constant learning. The Wu Tsai Institute is bringing together disciplines that should be more frequently linked—neuroscience, behavior, and computation—to move us to the next level of knowledge.”
Source: Research at Yale
13 May 2021
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Isaac Kim Is Named Yale School of Medicine's Next Chair of Urology
Dr. Kim comes to Yale from Rutgers University.
13 May 2021
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Steitz Receives Warren Alpert Foundation Prize for Her Pioneering RNA Work
Steitz and her trainees have pioneered understanding of the cellular splicing machinery and defined many new kinds of noncoding RNAs that contribute to gene expression, including those made by viruses.
5 May 2021
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Nancy Ruddle to Receive Top Scientific Award from State of Connecticut
Nancy H. Ruddle, John Rodman Paul Professor Emerita at the Yale School of Public Health and the Yale School of Medicine has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the Connecticut Medal of Science.
4 May 2021
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Herd Immunity: When Will We Get There?
Vaccination is the key to protecting our most vulnerable.
Source: Yale Medicine
3 May 2021
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Yale Surgeons Develop New Techniques in Epilepsy Surgery
Yale researchers refine a technique for insular resection.
27 Apr 2021