Public Health Modeling News

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.

Air conditioning does more than make hot weather bearable. A new Yale study suggests it is also one of the country’s most effective defenses against heat-related death.

In a new study, Yale researchers found that hot temperatures and extreme precipitation are probably increasing the prevalence of malaria in parts of Africa.

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.

Colin Carlson, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology (microbial diseases) is one of 28 early-career researchers included in Scientific America's inaugural Young American Scientists list.

Developing technology that makes health care more inclusive was a theme of the 2026 Yale Innovation Summit's Health Track.

The Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale University addresses the crisis in U.S. health care costs.

Two senior undergraduate students at Yale, each of whom conducted extensive research in labs at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH), were recent recipients of prestigious awards for postgraduate study.

Students in EHS 544, “Climate Equity and Health Policy Methods,” aren’t just producing research, they're co-developing actual legislation with community partners — legislation that has been raised by the Connecticut General Assembly’s Public Health Committee.