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The Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) has selected Dr. Bhramar Mukherjee as the 2026 Hecht Global Health Policy Innovation and Systems Impact Faculty Network Award recipient. Her research will bring together the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) and the Khushi Baby Association to test whether deep learning-based AI models for image-based anemia screening can work effectively in field settings, used by accredited social health activists in India for everything from consent and image capture to result interpretation, with algorithms refined in real time.

Cathedrals and trees are familiar metaphors for institutions meant to outlast their builders. At the Yale School of Public Health’s 2026 State of the School address, Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH, offered another: Central Park.

“Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, new ways of working in public health are emerging,” writes Dr. Debra Houry.

This summer, Yale Cancer Center's Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination (CRTEC) program welcomed the second cohort of the Future Deaf Scientists (FDS) Program, a four-week experience designed to introduce Deaf high school students to careers in cancer research, healthcare, and STEM.

Repeated and cumulative exposure to wildfire smoke is linked to a higher risk of being hospitalized for cardiovascular disease in older adults in the U.S., a new Yale study finds.

Women’s Health Research at Yale announced the five latest pilot projects to join its program, and a partnership with Yale Cancer Center.

Yale School of Medicine's Cary Gross, MD, has been investigating financial conflicts of interest in American medicine for more than 20 years. In a Q&A, he discusses the inspiration behind this research and what people can take away from his recent findings.

The honor recognizes “insightful and innovative publications on aging and life course development in the behavioral and social sciences” and is named after social psychologist Richard Kalish.

On May 15, 2026, Yale Cancer Center (YCC) and the Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC) Office hosted the Ninth Annual YCC Trainee Research Colloquium, bringing together trainees, faculty, staff, and institutional partners to celebrate the outstanding cancer research being conducted across Yale.