Dean in the News

Megan Ranney, MD, MPH, talks about her new position as dean of the Yale School of Public Health.

With nine out of the University’s 15 schools now led by female deans, faculty reflect on the future of diversity and representation in Yale’s upper administrative positions.

Following her appointment as dean of the Yale School of Public Health, Dr. Megan Ranney discussed her background in public health and her goals for the YSPH community.

Michael Cappello, MD, chair of the Department of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and professor of epidemiology (microbial diseases) at the Yale School of Public Health, will serve as the interim director of the Yale Institute for Global Health.

An internationally recognized public health leader, investigator, advocate, and clinician-scientist, Ranney will join Yale on July 1.

Dr. Michael Cappello, a professor of pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine and a board-certified infectious diseases clinician, has been appointed chair of the Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (EMD) Department, effective September 1, 2022.

A new report by the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL), a partner in the U.S. Department of State-supported Conflict Observatory, maps the system of filtration facilities and logistics employed by Russia and Russia-aligned forces to process Ukrainian citizens, prisoners of war (POWs), and other people present in Donetsk oblast beginning as early as March 2022.

Dr. Sten Vermund’s time as dean of the Yale School of Public Health will forever be associated with COVID-19, but there is much more to his legacy as a leader of one of the nation’s top public health schools.

I am extremely honored to serve as Interim Dean of the Yale School of Public Health at the request of President Salovey.