Edis Mesic
Staff Reporter
Edis Mesic covers the Yale School of Medicine for the SciTech desk. He is a first year in Saybrook from San Jose, California.
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Inside Yale’s medical school: First years share their experiences

The News talked to first-year students at the School of Medicine about the pre-clerkship curriculum and non-academic opportunities.

First FDA-approved non-addictive painkiller has Yale roots

Journave, the first non-addictive opioid-like pain medication, was developed based on Yale research from the ’90s.

Yale researchers develop AI tool that predicts risk of heart failure

The artificial intelligence model predicts patients’ heart disorders and risk of future heart failure using just an electrocardiogram.

Yale multidisciplinary heart team first in Connecticut to perform BATMAN procedure

Members of the team spoke with the News about their experiences performing the BATMAN procedure and its future implications.

Yale team ranked second in biodiversity monitoring competition, earns $2 million prize

Map of Life team members built a species distribution database and later used it to develop new global biodiversity monitoring technologies.

Yale spin-off company Modifi Bio acquired by Merck in multimillion dollar deal

Modifi Bio’s founders discuss the journey from developing a cancer treatment drug to being acquired by Big Pharma.

At Yale School of Medicine, students learn without grades

The News reached out to faculty and students at the Yale School of Medicine to gauge views on The Yale System of Medical Education’s pass/fail approach.