Latest News from Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Three outstanding members of the Yale School of Public Health faculty are honored as part of the 2024 distinguished faculty awards.
- May 15, 2024
After nine and a half years as Chair of the Yale School of Public Health’s Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Dr. Judith Lichtman, PhD, MPH, is stepping down effective June 30, 2024, Dean Megan L. Ranney announced Tuesday. Dr. Xiaomei Ma, PhD, will assume department leadership as interim chair for one year, with the possibility of renewal.
- April 03, 2024
The Role of Data in Public Health Equality and Innovation Conference, bringing together a global and diverse group of leaders from academia, government, health care, and private industry, takes place at Yale April 8-9.
- March 27, 2024Source: ABC Pacific
The Yale School of Public Health's Ola Tuputupua'e study has followed the same Samoan children over nine years to better understand and prevent childhood obesity in Samoa.
- March 20, 2024
Marcella Nunez-Smith is laser-focused on eliminating inequities among marginalized people.
- March 19, 2024Source: American Heart Association
Researchers have found a link between hot weather and measures of the body's immune response, including levels of certain blood cells and indicators of inflammation. It's a step toward eventually finding treatments that could help protect people from dangerously high temperatures, which have been linked to increased rates of heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular issues. YSPH Professor Judith Lichtman comments on the findings.
- March 14, 2024
Weaving together personal stories with powerful facts, journalist Linda Villarosa discussed the impact of racism in health care and strategies for the future at the February 12th Dean’s Lecture “Storytelling for Social Justice and Health”.
- March 04, 2024Source: Newsweek
Dr. Melinda Irwin, the Deputy Director at the Yale Cancer Center, has explained that, while the stress itself may not cause the cancer, people may take up smoking, become less active, and drink more alcohol to try and cope with it, all of which may have disastrous consequences.
- February 28, 2024Source: YaleNews
A new Yale study is the first to describe the short- and longer-term risk of hospital readmission for older persons who have had major surgery.
- February 26, 2024
In a new study, Yale researchers found that adults with COVID-19 who develop acute kidney injury (AKI) have a lower risk of kidney disease progression and mortality over the longer term compared with those who develop AKI related to other causes.