MEDICAL RESEARCH AND YNHH
SAMANTHA LIU & ALEXANDRA MARTINEZ-GARCIA
Digestive Health Center provides care to over 1000 patients in first three weeks of operation

The newly-opened Digestive Health Center combines patient care, clinical research and community education in New Haven.

February 23, 2023

JESSICA KASAMOTO & STEPHANIE HU
YSPH student and alumni start nonprofit to improve mortality surveillance

Nonprofit organization MakeDeathsCount works to improve data collection around deaths in lower and middle-income countries.

February 16, 2023

HANNAH MARK
Yale researchers discover new approach to reversing lung scarring

Yale researchers found that removing a microRNA molecule from immune cells prevented lung fibrosis in mice, which has promising implications for treating pulmonary fibrosis.

February 10, 2023

KAYLA YUP & SAMANTHA LIU
“Gambling with patients’ lives”: Inside a staffing shortage at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital

Patient safety, livable wages and affordable health insurance were key priorities raised by Local 5123, which represents healthcare workers at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital.

February 3, 2023

CHLOE NIELD
YSM researchers discover psychiatric comorbidities with endometriosis

Depression, anxiety and eating disorders were found to be associated with the prevalent, underdiagnosed disease.

February 2, 2023

JESSICA KASAMOTO
Yale researchers identify biomarker key to finding new viral infections

A team of Yale researchers found that the presence of a key biomarker in patients testing negative for all other viral infections can help identify patients that may be infected by a new virus.

February 2, 2023

KAYLA YUP
YNHHS tackles racial bias in medical technology with new office

Seeking to dismantle the false notion of “racial biology,” the Office of Health Equity and Community Impact is working on eliminating racially biased medical tests and procedures.

February 1, 2023

ABEL GELETA
Yale doctors and researchers collaborate to address gun violence in New Haven

Through the Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program, doctors and law enforcement are running a strategic initiative to address gun violence in New Haven.

January 27, 2023

SAMANTHA LIU
Breastmilk tracking app shows promising results at YNHH Bridgeport campus

Eliza Myers’s app idea earned her the Innovator Award from the YNHHS Center for Health Care Innovation. Now, the app is ensuring increased human milk access for newborn babies — and, for parents, newfound agency in the breastfeeding process.

January 26, 2023

STEPHANIE HU
Yale researchers discover loophole in FDA medical device regulation

Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School found that a loophole in existing regulation has allowed manufacturers to acquire U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for unsafe medical devices.

January 26, 2023

LUCY ZHA
Yale researchers develop software for individualized cancer treatment

In an effort to practice precision medicine — a medical movement to develop specific treatments for individual patients — scientists created software to quantify and differentiate the impacts of variants occurring in cancer.

January 24, 2023