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Dr. Melinda Irwin, deputy director of Yale Cancer Center and the Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology and associate dean of research at the Yale School of Public Health, who was also not involved in the study, told Medical News Today that the study’s results were “practice-changing,” notably because of how easy it can be to implement physical activity.
- July 19, 2024
The Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) has selected Nicola Hawley, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, to receive the 2024 Hecht Global Health Faculty Network Award. Her project, affiliated with the Yale Network for Global NCDs (NGN), will focus on adapting and pilot testing an intervention designed to promote mental health among adolescents in American Samoa.
- July 08, 2024Source: Yale News
An extended-release version of buprenorphine, a treatment for opioid use disorder, can be used earlier than other medication.
- July 03, 2024
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, 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 04, 2024Source: MedScape
Dr. Cary Cross on exercise recommendations.
- 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 .