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Yale Professors Awarded $1.9 Million Grant for Gene Expression Research
Two distinguished Yale professors, Dr. Hongyu Zhao, PhD, and Dr. Mark Gerstein, PhD, have been awarded a $1.9 million grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to advance the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) project. This landmark initiative aims to unravel the complexities of gene expression patterns across developmental stages, providing critical insights into genetic influences on health and disease.
9 Oct 2024
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New Yale grants support innovative Yale-HBCU research partnerships
Two Yale School of Public Health faculty members – Dr. Ijeoma Opara, PhD, associate professor of public health; and Dr. Trace Kershaw, PhD, department chair and Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health – are partnering with faculty from two historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as part of a new research grant program instituted in the spring by Yale University.
18 Sep 2024
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YSPH researchers launch major initiative to improve HIV outbreak detection among people who use drugs
A YSPH-led research team is investigating innovative new ways to identify and mitigate outbreaks of HIV among people who use drugs.
17 Sep 2024
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Yale Researchers Awarded $20.6M Grant for Wide-Ranging Study of Mental Illness
Scientists from Yale School of Medicine, Yale School of Public Health, and Yale's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences have been awarded a $20.6 million federal grant for a five-year study of people with a wide range of mental illnesses.
29 Aug 2024
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Yale Scientists Aim to Achieve Better Understanding of Molecular Effects of Alcohol Use Disorder on Brain
New research led by three Yale School of Medicine scientists aims to achieve better understanding of the molecular effects of alcohol use disorder (AUD) on certain regions of the brain.
19 Jul 2024
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Cheung Receives NIH Grant to Research Water Contaminants and Human Health
Kei-Hoi Cheung, PhD, has been awarded a grant by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to research environmental health data and drinking water contamination using AI methods.
15 May 2024
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Yale Research Team Awarded $4 Million Grant to Evaluate New Immunizations for Infant RSV
A multidisciplinary team of Yale scientists has received a $4-million federal grant to study the effectiveness of a new vaccine and monoclonal antibody shot designed to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants.
1 Apr 2024
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Study investigates impact of community health workers in helping people with type 2 diabetes
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.
24 Jan 2024
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$1.2 million grant boosts YSPH student’s work assisting human trafficking victims
Nathan Earl ’24, a student in the Yale School of Public Health’s Executive MPH program and an anti-human trafficking advocate, was a collaborator on a recent joint $1.2 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice.
6 Dec 2023
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NIDA Invests Nearly $7M to Address the Opioid Crisis Among Women Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence
The National Institutes of Health and National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded nearly $7 million to MPIs Tami Sullivan, PhD (Psychiatry and Public Health); E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, MHS (Internal Medicine and Public Health); and Dawn Johnson, PhD (University of Akron Department of Psychology) to study medication for opioid use disorder treatment retention among women who experience intimate partner violence.
27 Oct 2023
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$4 Million Grant Will Help YSPH Team Implement New LGBTQ Mental Health Therapy
Professor John Pachankis has received a nearly $4 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to implement LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive behavioral therapy in 90 LGBTQ community centers nationwide.
29 Aug 2023
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Opara receives $3.5 million grant to curb urban drug use, involve youth in research
Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor Ijeoma Opara has received the NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) Racial Equity Visionary Award. The award is a NIDA DP1 grant for $3.5 million over five years that will allow her to work within predominantly urban neighborhoods to curb substance use among racial/ethnic minorities.
22 Aug 2023
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Grant supports development of novel noninvasive test for malaria
A research team co-led by Yale School of Public Health professor Dr. Sunil Parikh, MD, MPH, has received $500,000 in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to continue the development of an innovative noninvasive test for malaria using lasers and ultrasound.
27 Jul 2023
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Shining a Light on ALS
The ALS Association has awarded Assistant Professor Chelsey R. Carter and Associate Professor Joan K. Monin $50,000 in funding to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
5 May 2023
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Yale Biostatistics Researcher Awarded $13 Million Grant to Study Glioma Brain Tumors
A team of scientists led by Dr. Elizabeth B. Claus, professor of biostatistics at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) and an attending neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, recently received a $13 million grant to help answer these questions by investigating the molecular evolution of lower-grade gliomas.
10 Jan 2023
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Irwin receives $7 million grant to investigate healthy interventions for ovarian cancer patients
Yale School of Public Health Associate Dean of Research and Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology Melinda Irwin, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been awarded a five-year, $7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to explore how nutrition and exercise interventions can improve chemotherapy outcomes and reduce toxicity for women with ovarian cancer.
16 Mar 2022
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YSPH grant awards top $60 million in fiscal 2021
Faculty at the Yale School of Public Health were awarded more than $60 million in research grants in the 2021 fiscal year, further powering the school’s leadership in major science areas.
10 Feb 2022
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$13 Million Grant to Study Malignant Brain Tumors Awarded to YSPH Researcher and Colleagues
A team of scientists led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health has received a $13 million grant to investigate the molecular evolution of lower grade gliomas, slow growing but malignant brain tumors that primarily affect young adults.
2 Nov 2021
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Breaking it Down: How the Chemistry of Digestion is Uncovering Sex-Specific Causes of Colon Cancer
A new technology called metabolomics allows researchers to explore the small chemicals formed and used during digestion as a window into the formation of diseases such as colon cancer, seeking early warning signs and potent tactics for prevention.
9 Dec 2018
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Gregg Gonsalves, PhD, Wins MacArthur "Genius Grant"
Gregg Gonsalves, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology (microbial diseases) and associate (adjunct) professor of law, has been named a 2018 MacArthur Fellow, for his work at the intersection of human rights and public health research and practice to address inequities in global health.
5 Oct 2018