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Vaccine Clinic Offers Choice and Reassurance to New Haven Children
Corinne Scott, 8, and Chidera Ogbuagu, 10, lined up at a vaccine clinic at Elm City Montessori School in New Haven on November 6th. Helping children like Chidera and Corinne feel good about getting vaccinated is a key part of the vaccine effort’s broader success.
22 Nov 2021
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Novel Lyme Vaccine Shows Promise
Instead of triggering an immune response against a particular pathogen, the new vaccine prompts a quick response in the skin to components of tick saliva, limiting the time ticks have to feed and infect the host, a study shows. The vaccine is delivered by the same mRNA technology that has proved so effective against COVID-19.
Source: YaleNews
17 Nov 2021
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New Grant Supports Early-career Faculty Facing Pandemic-related Challenges
COVID-19 introduced more obstacles to an already challenging career path. As the pandemic forced labs to shut down across campus and children to transition to at-home learning, early-career faculty faced a growing number of new stressors.
17 Nov 2021
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Immune System Early Responder Can Combat COVID-19
A simple RNA molecule jumpstarts the immune system’s “first responders” to viral infection and can even eradicate the SARS-CoV-2 virus in mice with chronic cases of COVID-19, a new Yale School of Medicine study finds.
Source: YaleNews
15 Nov 2021
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$13 Million Grant to Study Malignant Brain Tumors Awarded to YSPH Researcher and Colleagues
A team of scientists led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health has received a $13 million grant to investigate the molecular evolution of lower grade gliomas, slow growing but malignant brain tumors that primarily affect young adults.
2 Nov 2021
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FDA Authorizes Sample Pooling for Yale-developed SalivaDirect COVID Test
Pooled testing allows labs to combine saliva samples from multiple individuals into a single tube and process the batch as a single test. This approach maintains clinical sensitivity while enabling labs to process tests far more quickly.
Source: YaleNews
1 Nov 2021
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FDA Office of Minority Health and Health Equity Collaborates With School of Medicine to Promote Clinical Trials Diversity
Yale made great strides in this area at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the work now being funded will build on that work by further refining approaches to building trust and participation in clinical trials in diverse communities across the country.
27 Oct 2021
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Yale Researchers Receive ASAP Grant to Study Cognitive Impairments of Parkinson’s Disease
Motor dysfunction often leads to a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, but around 80% of patients also develop debilitating cognitive impairments that profoundly impact them and their families. With the support of the ASAP grant, the researchers hope to better understand brain connectivity changes that underlie these cognitive impairments.
26 Oct 2021
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Yale School of Medicine Welcomes Renowned Spine Oncologist Ehud Mendel, MD, MBA
Ehud Mendel, MD, MBA, joins the Yale Department of Neurosurgery
25 Oct 2021
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Meet Lisa Leffert, MD, YSM's New Chair of Anesthesiology
Yale School of Medicine has welcomed Lisa Leffert, MD, former associate professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and chief of the division of obstetric anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital, as the new Nicholas M. Green Professor and chair of its Department of Anesthesiology.
22 Oct 2021
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Nunez-Smith Is Elected to National Academy of Medicine
YSM alums Vivek Murthy, MD '03, MBA '03, United States Surgeon General, and Mandy Krauthamer Cohen, MD '05, North Carolina's secretary of health and human services, have also been elected to NAM.
18 Oct 2021
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ADPKD is Reversible in Preclinical Models, Finds New Yale Study
ADPKD is Reversible in Preclinical Models, Finds New Yale Study
12 Oct 2021
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Vaccines Effective Against Most SARS-CoV-2 Variants
Two of the commonly used coronavirus vaccines provide protection against multiple variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, including the highly infectious Delta variant, a new Yale study has found.
Source: YaleNews
11 Oct 2021
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Higley Receives NIH Director’s Pioneer Award for Work on Mammalian Brain
The High-Risk, High-Reward Research program stimulates scientific discovery through promoting trailblazing research that otherwise might be limited due to its inherent risk.
5 Oct 2021
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Yale Addresses the Challenges Facing Postdoctoral Fellows
Postdoctoral researchers often have to make sacrifices in pursuit of their research. In particular, many enter these programs at fundamental moments in their own lives—such as having young children or when they’re planning to start a family. Yale School of Medicine has recognized these challenges, and is pioneering ways to rectify the difficulties they cause.
30 Sep 2021
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Scientific Team, Including YSPH Researcher, Warn Against Use of Acetaminophen by Pregnant Women
A team of 13 scientists — including one from the Yale School of Public Health — are cautioning against the use of pain relievers with acetaminophen by pregnant women, citing a growing body of research that suggests the drug might alter fetal development.
30 Sep 2021
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President Biden Invites Yale School of Public Health Scientist to Participate in COVID-19 Global Summit Hosted by United Nations
The Yale School of Public Health announced today that the White House has invited Anne Wyllie, principal investigator of the SalivaDirect Initiative, to participate this week with global leaders from government, academia, industry and elsewhere in the White House 2021 Global COVID-19 Summit: Ending the Pandemic and Building Back Better to Prepare for the Next.
22 Sep 2021
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‘Not a Zero-sum Game’: Sharing Vaccines Is in Countries’ Best Interests
How nations can best allocate COVID-19 vaccines remains a discussion of global importance. And at its heart is the question of whether countries with greater access to vaccines should focus on vaccinating their own citizens or sharing their vaccine allotments with other nations.
Source: Yale News
21 Sep 2021
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Addressing the Intertwined Opioid, HIV, and HCV Crises: Q&A With Rick Altice
Frederick Altice, MD, has brought together team members from both Yale and West Virginia University to implement integrated care to take steps to curb the intertwined and devastating epidemics of opioid abuse, HIV, and hepatitis C.
16 Sep 2021
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Major Federal Translational Science Support Is Renewed for Yale School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine has been awarded nearly $63.7 million over the next five years from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences to renew its five-year Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) to accelerate research discoveries that can have a positive impact on health.
15 Sep 2021