News from around Yale and the World

YSPH Professor John Pachankis says concealing important parts of ourselves can harm close relationships and cause shame or guilt.

For more than two decades, Lynn Matthews, MD, MPH, has worked at the intersection of HIV prevention, reproductive health, and global medicine. Now newly arrived at Yale, she is bringing her international research experience and passion for mentorship to New Haven.

It is a privilege to join the Yale Institute for Global Health at such a dynamic moment for the Institute, for Yale, and for the field of global health more broadly. I step into this role with deep respect for YIGH’s history and an appreciation for the many people, including faculty, students, trainees, staff, and partners, who have built its reputation as a place where ideas, evidence, and action come together.

Melanie Sion, MD, assistant professor of general surgery, trauma, and surgical critical care, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Association for Women Surgeons (AWS) Foundation for a three-year term. A leader in global surgical initiatives, Dr. Sion also serves as chair of the American College of Surgeons International Subcommittee and recently represented both organizations at a surgical education event in East Africa.

A new study has found that there are dozens of unregulated harmful chemicals in a number of popular brands of bottled water. YSPH Dr. Vasilis Vasiliou comments.

The Yale School of Public Health recently unveiled its new PopHIVE platform, which offers reliable, real-time, synthesized health data directly to the public, providing a more complete picture for health care providers and public health experts.

Dr. Jason L. Schwartz, PhD, and Dr. Anne Zink, MD, have been appointed to the Board of Advisers of the Vaccine Integrity Project, a new initiative launched by the University of Minnesota that provides trusted, science-based information on vaccines.

Yale epidemiologist Dr. Amy Bei is betting on a radical idea to stop malaria from ravaging populations: a new vaccine that stops mosquitoes from transmitting the deadly disease. “It basically becomes a dead end for that infected mosquito,” Dr. Bei explained. “It can no longer transmit malaria to the population.”

The Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) has selected Dr. Kiran Sheikh and Dr. Brian Wahl to receive the Fall 2025 Global Health Spark Award. The $10,000 award provides initial funding to support global health research initiatives and partnerships among YIGH-affiliated faculty.