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Women's Health Research at Yale

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WHRY Funds Studies on Stroke, Endometrial Cancer, and Addiction to Opioids
Women’s Health Research at Yale today announced funding for three studies investigating sex differences in stroke, endometrial cancer, and alternate pain relief for women recovering from past opioid use who are giving birth via cesarean section.
20 May 2020
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Falling Through the Cracks in Quarantine
For people who suffer from substance use disorder, gambling addiction, or problematic video gaming—otherwise known as internet gaming disorder—the COVID-19 quarantine is fraught with danger.
21 Mar 2020
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A New Way Forward for Pain Relief
WHRY Studies Alternatives to Opioids
17 Sep 2019
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Women Experience Pain and Addiction Differently
WHRY Director Carolyn M. Mazure, Ph.D., discusses how women experience pain and addiction differently on NPR's "Morning Edition"
26 Aug 2019
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Chen and Team Win Award from 2019 NIDA $100K SUD Startup Challenge
Kevin Chen, MD, fellow, National Clinical Scholars Program, and his team recently won an award as part of the 2019 NIDA $100K SUD Startup Challenge. Sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the award is given to 10 winners for their startup projects to improve the well-being of those with substance use disorders.
2 Jul 2019
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Better Science, Better Lives: Women's Health Research at Yale is Working for You
Across the country, it’s becoming clearer every day: We must study the health of women. We must study the influence of sex-and-gender differences on health. And it’s time for all aspects of medical research and practice to embrace this change.
17 Jun 2019
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Better Science, Better Lives for Women and Men: Q&A with Carolyn Mazure
WHRY Director Carolyn M. Mazure discusses how we are at a critical point, and the scientific community needs to decide if it will embrace true transformational change in science.
Source: YaleNews
6 Jun 2019
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WHRY funds studies on pain relief, cannabis, and genetic origins of sex differences in disease
WHRY announces funding for first-of-their-kind studies on pain relief, cannabis, and the genetic basis of sex differences across a broad range of ailments, including Alzheimer’s disease and heart disease.
Source: YaleNews
23 May 2019
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Yonkers, Forray Co-PIs on New Grant to Study Medication Delivery for Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorders
Kimberly Yonkers, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Services, and Ariadna Forray, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, are co-principal investigators on a new $5.5 million grant to study models to improve delivery of office-based medication treatment for pregnant women with opioid use disorder in prenatal clinics.
8 May 2019
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Potenza to receive honorary professorship from Eotvos Lorand University
Marc Potenza, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, in the Child Study Center and of Neuroscience, will receive an honorary professorship from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest.
29 Apr 2019
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How Alcohol Affects Your Health Can Differ for Women and Men
If a woman drinks the same amount of alcohol as a man, will the effects be the same for her? What if they weigh the same? WHRY's latest video explores how, when it comes to drinking, women and men are not identical.
1 Apr 2019
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Why We Need to Study Sex and Gender
Count to eight, and somewhere in the United States a baby will be born. You might imagine that this newborn has an equal chance of being female or male. But that’s not the case.
21 Mar 2019
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As the Vaping Epidemic Continues, Researchers Point to Well-known Health Risks Associated with Nicotine
Despite the onslaught of reports and articles highlighting not only the dangers of vaping, but the marketing tactics seemingly aimed to hook teens and young adults, the number of people who vape continues to climb.
Source: Yale Medicine
20 Mar 2019
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Yale lab receives gift to develop VR game against youth vaping
The Yale play4REAL Lab has received another gift from Oculus Education to expand its work on smokeSCREEN VR, a virtual reality game created to prevent adolescent e-cigarette use.
14 Feb 2019
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YSPH Researchers Awarded More than $9.4 Million in Grants
Three research grants totaling more than $9.4 million have been awarded to Yale School of Public Health researchers, further strengthening the school’s leadership in emerging fields of public health.
24 Jan 2019
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Neural Fingerprints ID Those Likely to Abstain from Cocaine
By measuring the strength of connections between different brain networks, Yale researchers successfully predicted who would abstain from cocaine during treatment, they report Jan. 4 in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
9 Jan 2019
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Opioid crisis roadmap overlooks gender
Women’s Health Research at Yale (WHRY) is calling on a government committee to revise its report on a coordinated response to the opioid epidemic so that it reflects the unique needs of women.
7 Jan 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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Potenza Receives Marvin A. Steinberg Lifetime Achievement Award
Marc Potenza, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and in the Child Study Center at the Yale School of Medicine and Senior Research Scientist at the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling (CCPG), received the Marvin A. Steinberg Lifetime Achievement Award from the CCPG on Oct. 23.
6 Nov 2018
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$20 Million Grant Will Fund Continued Research by Yale Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science
The National Institute of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have renewed a $20 million grant for the Yale Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS) to continue to investigate the influence of flavors and sweeteners, and other constituents, on the appeal and addictive potential of traditional tobacco products and newer products like e-cigarettes.
17 Sep 2018