DSDE in the News

PopHIVE, a new platform created by a Yale School of Public Health team in collaboration with Dr. Anne Zink and others, pulls data from many sources to give a national picture of infectious and chronic diseases.

Record-breaking heat and severe cold spells are having a significant impact on health and mortality in the United States, say researchers at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH).

Yale School of Public Health alum Jackson Higginbottom now works full-time at YSPH — while also running a free medical clinic in his home state of Oklahoma.

A YSPH investigation discovers significant racial disparities in the health impact of nitrogen dioxide pollution. A new study highlights successful dementia-friendly communities in China; and a rare lone star tick bite gets documented in Connecticut. Learn more in this month's research roundup report.

Far less extreme cold weather, more dangerous heat days, accelerating sea level rise, and an increased frequency of hazardous storm surges are possible in Connecticut by the end of the century.

The Peter Salovey and Marta Moret Data Science Fellows Program will foster a community of Ph.D. students working in interdisciplinary data science fields. Dr. Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD, senior associate dean for data science at the Yale School of Public Health, is one of the leaders of the new program.

Pollution from fires, intensified by rising temperatures, is on track to become one of America’s deadliest climate disasters, according to a new study. YSPH Associate Professor Kai Chen calls the report a "wake-up call."

Students came away from Big Data Summer Immersion at Yale (BDSY) with more confidence in their data science skills, but they learned something more – how to think and talk about science and the science of data.

Cases of a severe type of pneumonia called Legionnaires’ disease have been on the rise in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood since the end of July. YSPH Professor Daniel Weinberger, PhD, an expert on the illness, explains how bacteria in large industrial cooling units can spread the illness.