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One of the largest multiomics analyses to date examines hallmarks associated with COVID-19 severity and mortality, and how these factors interact with one another.

Award-winning statistician Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD, has been appointed Yale School of Public Health’s inaugural Senior Associate Dean of Public Health Data Science and Data Equity, an important new leadership position that reflects the school’s focus on data science as a critical pillar for the future of public health. She joins YSPH on Aug. 1, 2024.

Yale Cancer Center researchers will present their new cancer research findings at the 2024 AACR annual meeting. A few of the presenting YCC researchers offer their key study takeaways and the significance for patients and oncologists.

Yale Cancer Center (YCC) and Smilow Cancer Hospital physicians and scientists will share new data for breakthrough and emerging cancer treatments as well as new discoveries in obesity, tobacco, evolution, and early onset cancers in early April at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting.

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.

How beneficial olive oil is to your health depends on how the product is harvested, processed, stored and used — in farms or mills, grocery stores and your own home. YSPH Assistant Professor Tassos Kyriakides, an olive oil expert, explains.

A clinical trial of Patient Priorities Care showed potential to impact shared decision-making, treatment burden, and nonhealthy days, even amid COVID-19 challenges.

Dr. Jeffrey Townsend on Yale Cancer Answers.

Olive oil is a thing of beauty—and essential in so much of our cooking. Olive oil sommelier Tassos Kyriakides, an assistant professor at the Yale School of Public Health, teaches us how to better appreciate olive oil – both for its flavor and its health and ecological benefits.