Dr. Haripriya Ayyala is a microsurgeon. That means she works on very small pieces of tissue — including blood vessels and lymphatic channels that can be a millimeter in size or smaller — to reconstruct parts of the body damaged by cancer. As a researcher...
Genetic and neurobiological factors shape the development of eating disorders much earlier than previously thought, with evidence emerging in children as young as 9 years old, Yale-led research reveals. The findings, researchers say, highlight the need...
How a person’s immune system interacts with tumor cells influences how cancer progresses and can explain why treatment causes tumors to shrink for some patients but not others. Yale researchers have developed a new method to better understand these...
Black M.D.-Ph.D. students are 83% more likely than white students to leave medical school and 50% more likely to graduate with the M.D. only, according to a new Yale-led study. The findings, researchers say, have implications for the diversity and...
In most U.S. emergency departments, patients are admitted in an order based on both the urgency of their condition and when they arrived. But in a new study, Yale researchers found that nearly 29% of emergency department patients are jumped in line, with...
As a recent addition to the Yale School of Medicine faculty, Louise Wang is tackling a persistent problem — how to catch pancreatic cancer before it becomes too advanced.
Since she arrived at Yale last year, Wang has worked collaboratively with experts in...
Health benefits that have resulted from reductions in fine particulate air pollution aren’t distributed equally among populations in the U.S., a new Yale-led study finds. Racial and ethnic minorities — and Black people in particular — still experience...
Medical students from marginalized groups are less likely to have sustained or cultivated career paths in surgery, Yale researchers report in a new study. The findings, they say, have implications for the diversity of the surgical workforce and patient...
Experiences of anti-Asian racism and feelings of invisibility are common among Asian American medical students, according to a Yale-led study based on interviews with students at more than a dozen schools in the U.S. The experiences, say the researchers,...
Zhao Ni describes himself as ambitious and passionate about global health. As a researcher, he’s also remarkably productive: he’s conducted research in several countries on three continents — including China, Nepal, Indonesia, Cameroon, and the U.S. — and...