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Visual evidence collected and analyzed over months by The New York Times identifies the commanders leading an opaque paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, as fighters under their watch commit atrocities across Sudan. The Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab contributed to this detailed report. (Warning: Graphic images)

Trapped in Sudan’s brutal civil war, a young woman chose to work in a clinic on the front line, treating civilians and combatants. She had to navigate suspicion from both sides.

This series spotlights the new faculty that joined the YSPH Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (EMD) program in 2024. This month, along with our student spotlight series, our theme is climate change and infectious disease. Here, new Assistant Professor Dr. Colin Carlson tells us about his pathway and some of his exciting research in a Q&A format.

This series spotlights the amazing students in the YSPH Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (EMD) program. This month focuses on students who are conducting research on Climate Change and Infectious Diseases. Here, PhD student Hailey Robertson tells us about the program and some of her exciting research in a Q&A format.

In the latest episode of Yale Global Health Insights, Dr. Sharon Chekijian sits down with Dr. Albert Ko,the Raj and Indra Nooyi Professor of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine. They discuss how his upbringing led directly to his transformative work addressing public health challenges.

This series spotlights the amazing students in the YSPH Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (EMD) program. This month focuses on students who are conducting research on Climate Change and Infectious Diseases. Here, PhD student Jack Carew tells us about the program and some of his exciting research in a Q&A format.

This series spotlights the amazing students in the YSPH Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (EMD) program. This month focuses on students who are conducting research on Climate Change and Infectious Diseases. Here, MPH student Karthika Satyanarayanan tells us about the program and some of her exciting research in a Q&A format.

The gift basket raffle held during the school's annual Winter Celebration is an innovative way to support local community agencies.

For the second time in two years, a long-overlooked virus poses a global threat. YSPH epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves and colleagues recently calculated that over a one-year period, vaccinating 80% of children under age 15 in rural areas of the DRC would decrease cases by 54% and deaths by 71%. But it would take a whopping 26.6 million doses.