MEDICAL RESEARCH AND YNHH
KAYLA YUP
Yale study identifies risk factors for older patients’ disability post-surgery

Fear of losing independence due to potential disability or poor functional outcome post-surgery is a primary concern for older people undergoing major surgery.

March 16, 2022

KAYLA YUP
Yale faculty discuss the impacts of mass incarceration on health

Almost half of the American population has an immediate family member who was formerly or is currently incarcerated.

March 11, 2022

MANAS SHARMA
Yale researchers uncover the true mechanism of common diabetes drug

A new study by Yale researchers at the School of Medicine disproves previously held theories about the mechanism of metformin, one of the most effective medications to treat diabetes.

March 11, 2022

SHANDRA AHSAN
Yale global health researchers evaluate Ethiopia Primary Healthcare Transformation Initiative

Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health published a paper describing how the Ethiopia Primary Healthcare Transformation Initiative is improving primary healthcare system performance.

March 9, 2022

ELIZABETH WATSON
Yale study details method to increase accuracy and safety of CRISPR gene editing

The Glazer Lab at Yale has published a study discussing the possibility of increasing the accuracy and safety of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing through the use of peptide nucleic acids.

March 9, 2022

SOPHIE WANG & BRIAN ZHANG
As two-year anniversary of first COVID-19 admission at YNHH approaches, health system launches new initiatives

In a press conference on March 8, YNHH leaders updated the public on recent COVID-19 statistics, the hospital purchase proposal and their donation plan to support Ukraine.

March 8, 2022

YASH ROY
Sen. Murphy participates in medical school misinformation roundtable

Senator Chris Murphy heard from members of Connecticut and the Yale community on how to best fight medical misinformation.

March 7, 2022

KAYLA YUP
Robots and working-age mortality: Yale researcher explores health impacts of automation

A recent study revealed the relationship between automation and U.S. working-age mortality, demonstrating how the introduction of industrial robots impacted workers’ economic opportunity and health.

March 6, 2022

SELIN NALBANTOGLU
Yale researchers study ketamine as a potential treatment for depression in patients with Parkinson’s disease

A clinical study examining the effects of ketamine as a treatment for depression in patients with Parkinson’s disease is currently underway at Yale New Haven Hospital.

March 4, 2022

VERONICA LEE
Yale researchers discover gene that drives breast cancer metastasis

A group of Yale researchers, led by Qin Yan, discovered that mutations in the gene CECR2 drive the progression and metastasis of breast cancer by suppressing the immune system.

March 3, 2022

CHLOE NIELD
Yale professor explains high rates of metabolic disease in developing world

A Yale economics professor, Kaivan Munshi, uses the intersection of economics and biology to account for high rates of metabolic disease in the developing world. He found a threshold income rate at which metabolic disease prevalence rapidly increases.

March 1, 2022