Latest News from Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Yale School of Public Health researchers evaluate the association between exposure to hot temperatures during pregnancy and the risk of cancer in children.
- June 19, 2024
This Spotlight on Teaching shines on Luke Davis, MD, associate professor of epidemiology (microbial diseases) and of medicine (pulmonary), and his focus on implementation science.
- June 04, 2024Source: MedScape
Dr. Cary Cross on exercise recommendations.
- June 04, 2024
Negative early life experiences, such as attending segregated schools, contribute significantly to cognitive decline and cognition disparities between older Black and white Americans, according to a new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.
- June 03, 2024Source: Medscape
Cary Gross, MD, Yale professor of medicine (general internal medicine) and of epidemiology (chronic diseases), comments on a study on exercise recommendations.
- May 31, 2024
Vincent DeVita Jr., MD, Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases), was named the Giants of Cancer Care® Michael J. Hennessy Visionary Award Winner for 2024.
- May 28, 2024
While more than 70% of people with hypertension cannot achieve adequate blood pressure control with just one drug, current guidelines only make recommendations for first-line therapy. Yuan Lu, ScD, assistant professor of medicine (cardiology) and assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science and of epidemiology (chronic disease), recently received an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to analyze real-world data to compare the effectiveness of second antihypertensive agents .
- May 23, 2024
Yale School of Public Health Associate Dean of Research Melinda Irwin announces the recipients of this year’s top research awards.
- May 16, 2024
Three outstanding members of the Yale School of Public Health faculty are honored as part of the 2024 distinguished faculty awards.
- May 15, 2024
After nine and a half years as Chair of the Yale School of Public Health’s Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Dr. Judith Lichtman, PhD, MPH, is stepping down effective June 30, 2024, Dean Megan L. Ranney announced Tuesday. Dr. Xiaomei Ma, PhD, will assume department leadership as interim chair for one year, with the possibility of renewal.