MEDICAL RESEARCH AND YNHH
JAKE WADE
Yale researchers uncover novel links to mutations associated with Parkinson’s disease

A recent Yale study investigated the trafficking of a protein that, when disrupted, results in problems that resemble Parkinson’s disease, affecting cellular degradation and neuronal physiology.

February 3, 2022

SOPHIE WANG & BRIAN ZHANG
Masking reduces probability of childcare program closure, Yale researchers find

A new study from Yale researchers found that childcare programs that implemented masking policies were less likely to close over the course of the pandemic.

January 31, 2022

AISLINN KINSELLA
Yale study links ozone exposure to cognitive decline in older adults

A recent study at the Yale School of Public Health found an association between long term ozone exposure and cognitive decline in a cohort of older Chinese adults.

January 28, 2022

SOPHIE WANG & BRIAN ZHANG
Yale study finds unvaccinated pregnant women may be at risk for additional COVID-19 complications

During a Jan. 12 press conference, Marna Borgstrom, CEO of Yale New Haven Health – among other health professionals – urged pregnant women to get vaccinated to avoid potential health complications during pregnancy and delivery.

January 27, 2022

SELIN NALBANTOGLU & ELIZABETH WATSON
Yale researchers receive Pfizer grant for new information on mRNA lifecycle and function

Researchers in Yale’s Gilbert lab published research on mRNA nucleotide modifications and ribosome recruitment, winning a $1.7 million grant from Pfizer.

January 26, 2022

VALENTINA SIMON
Yale researchers receive grant to develop novel epilepsy brain-computer chip treatment

Yale researchers were awarded a grant from the Swebilius Foundation for their breakthroughs in increasing the functionality of brain-machine interface chips designed to treat epilepsy.

January 26, 2022

SOPHIE WANG, SAI RAYALA & MICHAEL NDUBISI
Disparities in COVID-19 testing accessibility create tale of two pandemics

While students, faculty and staff at Yale enjoy a convenient COVID-19 test scheduling system and next-day results, New Haven residents struggle to find tests, especially amid testing shortages.

January 25, 2022

CHARLOTTE HUGHES, NATALIE MAKABLEH & SADIE BOGRAD
Inside an overburdened ICU: YNHH employees confront Omicron surge

Staff are feeling a different type of stress as hospitals receive hundreds of COVID-19 patients.

January 10, 2022

BRANDON WU
With overflowing emergency department, Yale New Haven Hospital temporarily expands to parking lot

In response to unprecedented volumes of patients and longer duration of stay, Yale New Haven Hospital is temporarily expanding its emergency room to the parking lot.

December 9, 2021

SELIN NALBANTOGLU
Yale cardiologist receives Hal O’Brien Rising Star Award

Attila Feher will attend the High Country Nuclear Medicine Conference as the recipient of the Hal O’Brien Rising Star Award in March 2022 to present his research on microcirculation.

December 9, 2021

MANAS SHARMA
Yale-led studies open doors for treatment of lymphoma and neuroblastoma cancers

Two new Yale-led studies published in Nature on Nov. 24 have revealed further details regarding the  anaplastic lymphoma kinase molecule, or ALK, and its role […]

December 3, 2021