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Whether developing a new test for malaria, exposing health risks associated with climate change, or highlighting the impact of stigma on LGBTQ+ population well-being, Yale School of Public Health faculty advanced science in a variety of impactful ways over the past year.

Yale School of Public Health's Dr. Yusuf Ransome and a team of researchers in his Society, Connectedness, and Health (SOCAH) Lab have partnered with Connecticut independent filmmaker Josh Bibbey to produce a documentary about the power and potential of social connectedness to improve public health.

A new study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health finds that broad genomic profiling, an emerging oncology tool that can help identify targeted therapies for cancer patients, remains widely underused—even among certain cancers for which the test is explicitly recommended.

A new study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health finds an association between older women continuing to get regular mammograms and earlier stage cancer at diagnosis and lower rates of breast cancer mortality.

Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) took center stage at a Yale symposium on April 5, 2025, when Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH, led a discussion with four distinguished Yale faculty members on the challenges and opportunities in higher education.

Experts shared insights on the transformative role of data science in public health at a two-day conference hosted by Yale School of Public Health in March.

Preprint server medRxiv played an essential role during the pandemic. Its founders are part of a new effort to guarantee the server’s long-term stability.

On Feb. 28, over 50 faculty members across various disciplines convened for the Yale Forum on Climate Change and Health, hosted by the Yale Planetary Solutions and Yale Center on Climate Change and Health, or YCCCH.

Engagement in spirituality correlates with better physical and mental health, YSPH Associate Professor Yusuf Ransome says in this Psychology Today commentary.