MEDICAL RESEARCH AND YNHH
YOLANDA WANG
 ‘A new world of genes’: School of Medicine Professor Haifan Lin receives prestigious Amory Prize

Lin, the founding director of the Yale Stem Cell Center, was honored by American Academy of Arts & Sciences and School of Medicine administrators at a formal ceremony on Tuesday.

March 29, 2024

JESSICA KASAMOTO
Yale experts discuss dengue fever outbreak

Several Yale experts weigh in on the current dengue fever outbreak in South America and Puerto Rico and discuss implications for the United States.

March 29, 2024

ASUKA KODA, ALEXANDRA MARTINEZ-GARCIA, GIRI VISWANATHAN & ADAM MCPHAIL
State permits Yale New Haven Health System to acquire Prospect hospitals

The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy established conditions for YNHHS to begin finalizing the terms of its long-awaited acquisition of three state hospitals.

March 28, 2024

JANICE HUR
Following drug development milestones, Arvinas looks to make headway against breast cancer and brain diseases

The New Haven-based biopharmaceutical company and Yale spinoff hopes to use a unique protein-targeting technology in two promising drugs to stave off breast cancer and neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s.

March 28, 2024

NANCY CHEN
Yale researchers discover new immunological capabilities of the eye

The research team found that injecting vaccines into the eyes of mice could activate an immune response, highlighting the immunological link between the eyes and the brain.

March 8, 2024

JOHNNY YUE
Yale and SCSU community health program awarded grant to fight health inequities

The CARE program will use new CDC funding to support food security, breastfeeding and road safety initiatives in New Haven.

March 6, 2024

ALESSANDRA PAPPALARDI
Yale Internal Medicine Residency Writers’ Workshop celebrates 20th anniversary

Now in its second decade, the writers’ workshop for new doctors at the School of Medicine is training physicians to translate from patients to the page.

February 29, 2024

WILLIAM ZHANG & EMILIE MA
‘Blank Space’ in memory? Researchers investigate Taylor Swift-induced amnesia

In a recent review, School of Public Health student Nathan Carroll theorized that excitement and sensory overload could explain memory lapses among concertgoers during the pop star’s Eras Tour.

February 25, 2024

FAREED SALMON
Yale-led study discovers disparities in stroke treatment among patients receiving hospital cardiac care 

The researchers found that patients who suffer from strokes following cardiac interventions are less likely to receive the most effective stroke treatment, EVT.

February 23, 2024

JESSICA KASAMOTO
Yale researchers call for more studies on chronic climate change and mental health

A new Yale-led study found a lack of research on the effects of chronic climate change and mental health.

February 23, 2024

ERIN HU
Yale New Haven Hospital announces new president

Katherine Heilpern takes the reins of the hospital amid YNHH’s hospital acquisitions and parent discontent over daycare downsizing.

February 21, 2024