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Maternal Vaccination During Pregnancy
COVID-19 Vaccine Protects Newborns and Pregnant Women
7 Jan 2025
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The Importance of COVID Vaccine for Pregnant Women
The fall season brings a new COVID-19 vaccine and CDC officials are encouraging everyone over 6 months old to get vaccinated —including pregnant women. In this 3 Essential Questions feature, Dr. Linda Niccolai discusses the findings of a new CDC study that emphasizes the importance of pregnant women getting vaccinated to reduce the risk of their newborns being hospitalized with COVID-19.
24 Oct 2024
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YSPH joins national coalition strengthening public health preparedness
The Yale School of Public health joins the Common Health Coalition with over 50 health organizations dedicated to strengthening public health and health care collaborations.
27 Jun 2024
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YSPH Joins National Coalition Strengthening Public Health Preparedness
Using lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, coalition members are working together to identify, amplify, and replicate innovations from across the country to address a resurgence in infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and the overdose crisis.
Source: Yale School of Public Health
27 Jun 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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New Faculty Journal Club aims to encourage discourse on the science of teaching
This Spotlight on Teaching focuses on a new program, the Faculty Journal Club, launched in February by the Office of Academic Affairs. This initiative aims to facilitate robust discussions based on advancements in the science of teaching and learning.
13 Mar 2024
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Connecticut Emerging Infections Program Receives $19.5 Million Grant
The Connecticut Emerging Infections Program (EIP) at the Yale School of Public Health has received a five-year grant totaling approximately $19.5 million from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with an initial $3.9 million being awarded in the first year. Linda Niccolai, professor of epidemiology (microbial diseases) and associate dean for academic affairs, is the principal investigator.
13 Feb 2024
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Professor Linda Niccolai Appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Niccolai brings to the role a long history of dedication to excellence in the student experience and leadership successes at YSPH.
28 Nov 2022
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YSPH Professor Linda Niccolai Appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Yale School of Public Health Dean Sten Vermund announced Friday that Professor Linda Niccolai, PhD, has agreed to join the school’s leadership as associate dean for academic affairs effective July 1, 2022.
10 Jun 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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Committed YSPH Staff Recognized for Meritorious Service During Pandemic
The Connecticut Emerging Infections Program (EIP) at the Yale School of Public Health has been recognized by Yale University with the Linda Lorimer Award for its steadfast and impactful response during the COVID-19 pandemic.
22 Nov 2021
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Study: Allowing Consent Improves HPV Vaccination Rate Among Teens
Young people were more likely to have received an HPV vaccine in places where they could give consent without their parents, researchers found, improving access to an important tool for cancer prevention.
Source: US News
17 Nov 2021
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Yale Cancer Center Experts Co-Author Book on War on Cancer
Several Yale Cancer Center faculty have authored chapters in a newly released book, A New Deal For Cancer: Lessons from a 50 Year War.
15 Nov 2021
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Vaccine Advocacy
YSPH experts testify in favor of a new state law that expands vaccine requirements in Connecticut’s schools.
1 Sep 2021
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Yale Cancer Center and Leading Cancer Centers Urge Vaccination to Protect Against HPV and Other Diseases
Yale Cancer Center and leading cancer centers urge vaccination to protect against human papillomavirus and other diseases
30 Aug 2021
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The semester ahead: a town hall with Yale health and safety leaders
At a virtual town hall Thursday, President Peter Salovey and experts who guide university health and safety policies outlined Yale’s plan for bringing students, faculty, and staff together for the academic year amid the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and responded to questions submitted online.
Source: Yale News
26 Aug 2021
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Yale Cancer Center Among Top U.S. Cancer Centers Calling for Urgent Action to Get Cancer-Preventing HPV Vaccination Back on Track
Yale Cancer Center has partnered with 71 other National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers to issue a joint statement urging the nation’s physicians, parents, and young adults to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination back on track.
20 May 2021
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Inside the hard core: Childhood vaccine protesters raise COVID worries
The focus at the state Capitol Tuesday was on traditional vaccines for school-aged children. But the thousands of adults who showed up to protest mandatory inoculations for these children comprise a key bloc in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
Source: CT Post
27 Apr 2021
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A World Without Cervical Cancer: Preventive Medicine publishes special issue to further global efforts to eliminate deadly disease
Recognizing the urgent public health issue concerning Cervical Cancer, the editorial team of Preventive Medicine is publishing a special issue titled “From Science to Action to Impact: Eliminating Cervical Cancer,” which outlines the required courses of action to eliminate cervical cancer featuring Yale's Dr. Linda Niccolai.
3 Mar 2021
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Fifteen School of Medicine Faculty Members Are Among Those Newly Elected to CASE
Fifteen School of Medicine faculty members are among the newest group elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.
3 Mar 2021