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Morrison emphasized the crucial role of public health experts in crafting solutions and fostering partnerships. He urged attendees to develop a strategy of engagement and outreach to bridge divides and sustain momentum in addressing health security issues.

Breakthroughs to advance human health require clinical trials that include communities less engaged in the research and development of potentially lifesaving medical interventions, say YSPH Professor Leslie Curry and Yale Center for Clinical Investigation Chief Strategy Officer Tesheia Harris in a commentary in Springer Nature.

Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, in conjunction with Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine, a multi-institute collaboration focused on clinical trial diversity, have published a Site Maturity Assessment Model in the journal Trials. The model is designed to support clinical trial sites to identify opportunities for growth and to enrich diversity.

LIFT is a comprehensive nine-month program running from October 2024 to June 2025, anchored by two intensive five-day residential modules held in Melbourne, Australia. Diverse teams from ICUs (called delegations) will identify a significant challenge – a clinical or operational performance measure believed to be influenced by the unit’s organizational culture - within their units to address in their transformation project. Delegates will delve into the root causes of their respective challenges and develop strategic interventions to affect meaningful structural change.

The Connecticut Health Foundation has convened an advisory committee to help inform the creation of a blueprint for maternal health equity in Connecticut, focused on Black patients. The Yale Global Health Leadership Initiative and the Yale Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC) will help facilitate the work.

The increasing use of mixed methods research in public health and medicine presents new opportunities for investigators to obtain a more inclusive and holistic understanding of the complex factors underlying today’s pressing health challenges. Yale School of Public Health Research Scientist Sinem ToramanTurk discusses the importance of cultural humility in applying the methodology.

Yale School of Public Health offers a free course in the fundamentals of qualitative research methods on YouTube.

A new study led by Yale researchers reveals patterns in sources of contraception among adolescents and young adults