MEDICAL RESEARCH AND YNHH
CARLOS SALCERIO
Yale researchers reflect on adolescent bariatric surgery

Following new guidance this year from the American Academy of Pediatrics on treating children with obesity, the News spoke with several researchers and professors about what the change might mean for bariatric surgeries performed on adolescents.

November 9, 2023

ERIN HU
Yale study examines way to reduce gender wage gap for physicians

A new study discussed how increasing physician productivity might be able to bridge the gender wage gap among physicians.

November 6, 2023

HANNAH MARK
Yale joins new Zuckerberg-funded biomedical research collaboration 

The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub in New York plans to connect researchers to work on engineering immune cells to fight disease.

November 6, 2023

ALEXANDRA MARTINEZ-GARCIA
Details of Yale New Haven Health’s attempts to acquire three Prospect Medical hospitals go confidential

As negotiations over Yale New Haven Health’s acquisition of three Connecticut-based Prospect Medical Holdings hospitals have gone private, officials and health policy experts told the News they hope the deal wraps up soon.

November 3, 2023

WILLIAM ZHANG & ALEJANDRO ROJAS
New Parkinson’s research center to open at Yale

Yale School of Medicine will establish the Stephen and Denise Adams Center for Parkinson’s Disease Research with a Harvard Medical School neurologist at its helm.

November 3, 2023

OMAR ALI
SalivaDirect wins big with NIH grant

Yale scientist Anne Wyllie’s SalivaDirect Inc. wins $3.2 million RADx Tech Award to pursue engagement with communities about public health solutions and expand the nonprofit's business outreach.

November 3, 2023

VALENTINA SIMON
Yale-led study shows that e-cigarette bans boost traditional cigarette sale

A recent Yale-led study found that banning flavored electronic cigarettes increases sales of standard, combustible cigarettes, which can cause cancer and are considered more dangerous.

November 2, 2023

ASUKA KODA
School of Medicine creates new aging initiative

A new cross-department geroscience initiative from the School of Medicine studies the mechanisms involved in aging.

October 13, 2023

ALEXANDRA MARTINEZ-GARCIA & GIRI VISWANATHAN
Following cyberattack, YNHH seeks state funding, price cut to acquire hospitals

Yale New Haven Health’s plans to acquire three Connecticut hospitals remain in flux due to financial troubles and a recent cyberattack targetting three Prospect Medical Holdings facilities.

October 13, 2023

ERIN HU
Yale researchers help create state’s first mobile pharmacy

A research team at Yale collaborated with pharmacists and legislators to create a health care van with a dispensing pharmacy.

October 13, 2023

KINNIA CHEUK
Yale-WHO partnership develops educational programs to improve prison healthcare

Two new educational programs from the SEICHE Center for Health and Justice hope to teach healthcare providers about best practices for treating incarcerated populations.

October 12, 2023