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Dr. Jason L. Schwartz, PhD, and Dr. Anne Zink, MD, have been appointed to the Board of Advisers of the Vaccine Integrity Project, a new initiative launched by the University of Minnesota that provides trusted, science-based information on vaccines.

Former top officials at the CDC share where physicians and the public can turn for public health information in the wake of deep budget and staffing cuts at the federal agency. Yale School of Public Health's PopHIVE platform is considered a leading resource.

Dr. Susan Mayne, YSPH adjunct professor of epidemiology (chronic diseases) and former director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) at the FDA, says new updated nutrition guidelines include some stark departures from past recommendations.

Dr. Debra Houry, MD, MPH, joins YSPH as a lecturer and senior fellow in the Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology.

This series spotlights some of the amazing associate research scientists in the Department of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health. The research conducted by our EMD colleagues addresses some of the most urgent global health challenges. Here, Dr. Deus Thindwa talks about his impactful research in Dr. Dan Weinberger's lab.

Yale epidemiologist Dr. Amy Bei is betting on a radical idea to stop malaria from ravaging populations: a new vaccine that stops mosquitoes from transmitting the deadly disease. “It basically becomes a dead end for that infected mosquito,” Dr. Bei explained. “It can no longer transmit malaria to the population.”

The Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) has selected Dr. Kiran Sheikh and Dr. Brian Wahl to receive the Fall 2025 Global Health Spark Award. The $10,000 award provides initial funding to support global health research initiatives and partnerships among YIGH-affiliated faculty.

In a new Yale study, researchers found that SARS-CoV-2—the virus responsible for COVID-19—is weakening within the animal kingdom.

Representatives from the Yale School of Public Health and Yale-New Haven Hospital discuss ways to advance data equity in public health in this special communication in JAMA Health Forum.