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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.
- August 01, 2024
In recognition of National Breastfeeding Month and World Breastfeeding Week, which begins today, Yale School of Public Health Professor Rafael Pérez-Escamilla discusses five key, science-based facts that formula milk companies may not want people to know.
- May 23, 2024
Yale School of Public Health Associate Dean of Research Melinda Irwin announces the recipients of this year’s top research awards.
- March 20, 2024
Sex-linked differences are a significant factor in women's heart disease.
- February 05, 2024Source: CT News Junkie
The Yale School of Public Health and Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center are teaming up with several other organizations to help pregnant Latina women in Hartford improve their health with a trial food-as-medicine program.
- January 24, 2024
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, professor of public health (social & behavioral sciences) at the Yale School of Public Health, has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the American Heart Association to study how a novel produce-prescription program might improve the health of Hispanic people in Hartford, Connecticut, with type 2 diabetes.
- January 22, 2024Source: Hartford Courant
An analysis of assessment data from the Connecticut Department of Education found that physical fitness has declined in public schools across the state, with low-income districts hit hardest. Yale School of Public Health Professors Rafael Pérez-Escamilla and Nicola Hawley provide insights.
- January 01, 2024
For the second year in a row, Yale School of Public Health Professor Donna Spiegelman, Sc.D., has been named a top female scientist by Research.com.
- April 04, 2023
The direct and indirect costs of breastfeeding are far higher than people might assume, making the choice to breastfeed rather than bottle feed less automatic for many families.
- February 07, 2023
A newly released Series on breastfeeding published in The Lancet argues that formula milk companies exploit parents’ emotions and manipulate scientific information to generate sales at the expense of the health and rights of families, women, and children.