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Vice President Kamala Harris has announced a plan to lower national housing costs by building 3 million new housing units in the next four years. While efforts to address the current housing shortage are laudable, YSPH Assistant Professor Daniel Carrion and YSPH alumna Saira Prasanth offer another reason to address this issue: affordable housing can save lives.

Dr. Ariel Chao became the first PhD graduate of the Department of Biostatistics' new Implementation and Prevention Science Methods Pathway in May. She also earned her MPH in biostatistics from YSPH in 2020.

This Alumni Spotlight focuses on Helen Moore, MPH '22 (Health Policy), currently the social justice and racial equity policy manager for the Environmental Health Division at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

The Yale School of Public Health had a strong showing at this year’s Aspen Ideas: Health Festival, a three-day gathering of global thought leaders and innovators who engaged in captivating discussions about current health challenges and shared bold ideas for improving health in the future.

YSPH alum Jon Andre Sabio Parrilla, MPH '23, who goes by Andre, is working to improve health care for the LGBTQ+ community both locally and outside of Las Vegas as the current president of Qlub Med at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

A gift from Indra Nooyi and Raj Nooyi will help train tomorrow’s public health leaders.

Dr. Megan L. Ranney, MD, leads her first Commencement as the new Dean of the Yale School of Public Health and Class Speaker Kamali Clora delivers an inspiring address as members of the Class of 2024 and their families and friends gather for Commencement Day in historic Woolsey Hall.

This Alumni Spotlight focuses on Huangdi (Denise) Yi, PhD '20 (Biostatistics), who leads the statistical efforts in the post-market stage of oncology drugs for a pharmaceutical company.

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.