Latest News in Biostatistics
Researchers Say Hearing-Based CMV Testing Misses Most Infected Newborns and Urge Universal Screening
Connecticut enacted a law in 2016 requiring CMV testing for all infants who failed their newborn hearing screen. Researchers led by Aanchal Wats and Carlos Oliveira at Yale School of Medicine analyzed 11 years of data, from 2013 through 2023, within a health system serving about 60% of the state's population, comparing the three years before the mandate with the eight years after.
- July 14, 2026
Robin Masheb, PhD, professor of psychiatry, is senior author of a review in Obesity Reviews that evaluates the impact of behavioral weight management interventions on eating disorder symptoms.
- June 30, 2026
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine recently published two studies that offer new insights into how people interact with wearable devices and health-related content on social media.
- June 17, 2026
Developing technology that makes health care more inclusive was a theme of the 2026 Yale Innovation Summit's Health Track.
- June 03, 2026
INSPIRE’s ability to integrate data across multiple patients and platforms could lead to the development of more targeted, personalized approaches to cancer care.
- May 13, 2026
The YSPH community came together on May 13th to recognize faculty and staff excellence, and to unveil its new ceremonial mace.
- April 30, 2026
Public Health Day highlighted Yale School of Public Health’s commitment to reaching the next generation of potential public health leaders before they have chosen a path and showing them what the field looks like up close.
- April 28, 2026
Older adults with type 2 diabetes face a difficult trade-off: they are among the most vulnerable to medication-related harms yet are often underrepresented in the clinical trials that guide treatment decisions. A new study led by Yuan Lu, ScD, helps address this gap by providing large-scale, real-world evidence on the safety of commonly used diabetes medications.
- April 23, 2026
Yale Cancer Center faculty and trainees joined over 22,000 cancer researchers from around the world to share the latest advances in cancer science and medicine earlier this week in San Diego for the 117th American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting.
- April 22, 2026
On April 13, Yale Biomedical Informatics and Computing's Research Informatics Office (RIO) hosted the inaugural Yale Cosmos Datathon at 101 College Street.