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A groundbreaking new database could lead to vast improvements in precision oncology by documenting sex-based differences in cancer treatment efficacy, biomarkers, risk factors, and microbial influences across 71 cancer types. The database — created by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, and international collaborators — addresses a significant gap in current research and demonstrates how biological sex can comprehensively impact cancer onset, progression, and therapeutic outcomes.
- November 28, 2024Source: ABC News
Extreme heat could pose a significant threat to players and spectators at the next World Cup, according to climate and medical experts. YSPH Associate Professor Kai Chen expects temperatures to keep rising and says they will continue to pose a significant health threat.
- November 22, 2024Source: Yale Daily News
The benefits of water fluoridation have become the subject of much national debate. YSPH professors Nicole Deziel and Vasilis Vasiliou provide their expert perspectives.
- November 20, 2024Source: The New York Tiimes
Is it sulfites, tannins, or another culprit? Here’s what the research says about the migraines some people get with a glass of merlot. YSPH Professor and Department Chair Dr. Vasilis Vasiliou provides his expert perspective.
- November 19, 2024
Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor Dr. Nicole Deziel, an expert on environmental contaminants, discusses the health concerns surrounding fracking in this report.
- November 18, 2024Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Science Sessions, the podcast of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, speaks to Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor Kai Chen about the impact of wildfire smoke on human health.
- November 11, 2024Source: BBC
With swaths of South Sudan submerged, a whistleblower warns water sources are being polluted by oil. YSPH's Dr. Nicole Deziel comments on the situation
- November 04, 2024
The 2024 Lancet Countdown on health and climate change, an annual international assessment of progress toward the climate mitigation goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement — co-authored this year by three members of the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health — contains some of the most dire projections to date associated with persistent global inaction over the pressing climate emergency.
- October 28, 2024
Yale School of Public Health Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH, has been named chair of the Association for Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) Planning Committee for the organization’s 2025 Annual Meeting. ASPPH represents more than 150 accredited schools and programs of public health, including a community of more than 103,000 deans, faculty, staff, and students; it is considered “the voice of academic public health."
- October 23, 2024
According to a new study by researchers from the Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, short-term exposure to high ambient temperatures may significantly increase the risk of stroke among people aged 18 to 64 years, especially women.