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Annual Research Awards

2025

YSPH Early Career Investigator Research Prize: Leying Guan

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

A conformal test of linear models via permutation-augmented regressions published in Annals of Statistics

YSPH Investigator Research Prize: Xi Chen

Associate Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and Associate Professor at Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Early-Life Circumstances and Racial Disparities in Cognition Among Older Adults in the US published in JAMA Internal Med

YSPH Investigator Research Prize: Sunil Parikh

Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Infectious Diseases

Noninvasive in vivo photoacoustic detection of malaria with Cytophone in Cameroon published in Nature Communications

YSPH Team Science Prize: Xiaomei Ma, Nicole Deziel, Rong Wang, Josh Warren, Kai Chen, Tormod Rogne

Xiaomei Ma | Interim Department Chair and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Nicole Deziel | Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences)

Rong Wang | Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology

Josh Warren | Associate Professor of Biostatistics

Kai Chen | Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences)

Tormod Rogne | Assistant Professor Adjunct of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

High ambient temperature in pregnancy and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: an observational study published in Lancet Planetary Health

YSPH Impact Research Prize: Caroline Johnson, Abhishek Jain, Domenica Berardi, Lingeng Lu

Not pictured: Abhishek Jain

Caroline Johnson | Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences)

Abhishek Jain | Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Environmental Health)

Domenica Berardi | Postdoctoral Associate (Environmental Health Sciences)

Lingeng Lu | Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Charting the metabolic biogeography of the colorectum in cancer: challenging the right sided versus left sided classification published in Molecular Cancer

YSPH Impact Research Prize: John Pachankis

David R. Kessler, M.D. '55 Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Professor of Psychology and Professor of Psychiatry

Structural stigma and LGBTQ+ health: a narrative review of quantitative studies published in Lancet Public Health

Faculty Research Awards Showcase YSPH Strengths in Science

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.

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Past Awards