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Researchers have been examining ways to increase breastfeeding rates for years. A new report co-authored by YSPH Professor Rafael Perez-Escamilla, an international expert on breastfeeding, urges the federal government to work with states to ensure implementation of existing maternal health programs and to support new ones.

Dr. Leila Brammer, PhD, MA, a national expert in cultivating civil discourse and enhancing civic engagement, recently visited the Yale School of Public Health to share tips on how public health students and professionals can improve their communication skills by building bridges of listening within and across communities, followed by translating understanding into action.

Nearly 8,500 individuals from 132 countries have trained through the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty programs since 1989, and many have become leaders in their countries. YSPH's Dr. Luke Davis praises the program's benefits. “Fogarty enables us to train the world’s brightest minds to tackle America’s leading health priorities — a high-impact, low-cost investment that keeps us connected to the world,” he said.

Students came away from Big Data Summer Immersion at Yale (BDSY) with more confidence in their data science skills, but they learned something more – how to think and talk about science and the science of data.

The Yale School of Public Health recently launched its inaugural Transformational Pilot Funding grants, providing internal seed money to empower faculty to pursue ambitious, cross-disciplinary studies that have the potential to transform health outcomes locally and globally.

Mexico's taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages and junk food are expected to substantially reduce consumption and help address the nation's diabetes crisis. Yet YSPH Professor Rafael Pérez-Escamilla says that taxes alone are insufficient. Without public health education and without clever social marketing campaigns and robust marketing regulation of the food industry, he says, the tax alone is unlikely to achieve more profound decreases in consumption.

At the Yale School of Public Health, our faculty and teaching fellows are committed to providing students with the highest quality training in the science and art of public health. Each year, members of the graduating class are asked to select educators who they feel stand out amongst their peers and best exemplify this most important mission. Congratulations to this year's winners of the outstanding teaching awards.

Yale School of Public Health research impacts communities around the globe by advancing science and delivering systems-level solutions for a healtheir world. In this research roundup, we highlight YSPH scientists' development of a powerful new technique for detecting genetic variants linked to diseases, a study linking racism-related stress and increased substance use, how white-tailed deer help spread pathogens, and a malaria clinicial trial.

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City metropolitan area has raised concerns about its spread locally and nationally. Yale School of Public Health's Dr. Luke Davis, MD, a pulmonary and critical care physician and tuberculosis expert, comments.