News from around Yale and the World
Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases are a leading cause of disability worldwide, according to studies. Yet few global and community health programs address these complex conditions, says Evelyn Hsieh, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine (rheumatology, allergy and immunology).
- June 25, 2024
McCall designs digital health tools that have the potential to reduce health inequities by facilitating connections to health and social services.
- June 20, 2024Source: Yale Law School
The Sports Equity™ Lab (SEL), with the Global Health Justice Partnership of Yale Law School and the Yale School of Public Health, the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School, and Sports Law Solutions, published a report on June 20 analyzing the issue of interpersonal violence in international sport.
- June 19, 2024
This Spotlight on Teaching shines on Luke Davis, MD, associate professor of epidemiology (microbial diseases) and of medicine (pulmonary), and his focus on implementation science.
- June 18, 2024Source: PLOS
The intensification of the conflict in Sudan will have further devastating consequences for civilians and demands urgent public health advocacy aligned with government calls for ceasefire, leaders of Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab say in this PLOS Commentary.
- June 17, 2024Source: National Geographic
Richard Martinello, MD, professor of medicine (infectious diseases), discusses what happens when antibiotics are no longer effective.
- June 06, 2024
A new multi-institutional study provides key insights into family psychosocial factors potentially contributing to this transmission of intergenerational trauma and suggests possible interventions to improve the health of Rwandan youth and their families in the wake of the 1994 Tutsi genocide.
- June 06, 2024
Patients who suffer from the severe skin disorder autoimmune blistering disease (AIBD) are much more likely to experience depression, anxiety, and eating disorders, according to a new study led by Yale researchers Marney White, PhD, MS, professor of public health and psychiatry, and Mary Tomayko, MD, PhD, associate professor of dermatology and of pathology.
- June 06, 2024Source: Natural Product Research
Marek Chawarski, PhD, professor of psychiatry and emergency medicine, is senior author of a study in Natural Product Research that explains observed differences in the safety profiles of kratom fresh-leaf preparations consumed in Southeast Asia with highly processed and oxidated products labelled “kratom” primarily consumed in the United States and other countries.
- June 05, 2024
The Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) has announced the appointment of two new assistant professors, Lee Kennedy-Shaffer, PhD, and Qiao Liu, PhD, in the Department of Biostatistics.