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Upkeep Care, an artificial intelligence platform the connects older adults and caregivers to resources, topped a record 36 teams to win the 2024 Thorne Prize for Social Innovation in Health or Education, presented by InnovateHealth Yale (IHY). The four-member team, including three Yale School of Public Health students, bested three other Yale student-led teams with their final pitch at Startup Yale, the university’s largest entrepreneurial event, April 5 at the Hotel Marcel in New Haven.

Six student-led ventures have received this year’s Rita Wilson Grant Funds in Support of Innovation and Entrepreneurship from InnovateHealth Yale (IHY).

This Profile in Public Health Innovation focuses on Kayla Wooley, MPH '21 (health care management), who is CEO of StaffOnTap and Nurse Ranger, two platforms that help health care companies optimize nursing home staffing.

The profound impact of climate change on community health was the topic of the 2024 Connecticut Symposium on Climate Change and Health at the Yale School of Public Health.

This Alumni Spotlight shines on Barbra G. Rabson, MPH '83 (Health Services Administration/Epidemiology), the president and CEO of Massachusetts Health Quality Partners, where she has worked since 1998.

Yale School of Public Health alumna Pamela Sutton-Wallace, MPH ‘97, has been promoted to president of Yale New Haven Health, the health system announced this week.

Celebrating Valentine's Day with a YSPH alumni love story

This Alumni Spotlight is on Charu Gee, MPH ’16, MBA ’16 (Health Care Management), who puts both her degrees to use on the operations management team of a digital health care startup.

The Yale Institute for Global Health has selected Thomas Fernandez, MD; Eleanor Reid, MD, PhD; and Vanessa Ezenwa, PhD to receive the Fall 2023 Spark Award. Each recipient will receive an award of up to $10,000. The Spark Award aims to provide initial funding to support global health research initiatives and partnerships among YIGH-affiliated faculty. Candidates were selected based on five criteria: innovation, feasibility, sustainability, anticipated outcomes, and alignment with YIGH’s mission to improve the health of individuals and populations worldwide. Below is a summary of the Fall 2023 Spark Award projects and their Principal Investigators: