Mental health providers at Yale and universities across the United States have seen increasing demand for their services in recent years: In 2015, Yale Health’s Mental Health and Counseling department saw about 2,500 students. Since July of this year...
Cameron Gettel is new to Yale’s faculty but not to the university. He’s been a part of the Yale community since 2019, when he arrived as part of the National Clinicians Scholars Program — an experience that made him want to stick around. Now, he’s an...
As director of the Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital, Maryam Lustberg studies how to improve the quality of life of breast cancer patients. At home, she likes hanging out with her eight-year-old son. And at all times, she’s a big fan of coffee and...
Nathan Levitt recently joined the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) faculty as a lecturer and director of LGBTQ and Gender Justice Learning. When he isn’t studying, teaching about, and providing health care for trans and non-binary populations, he’s out hiking...
Christine Rodriguez is dedicated to health care. She teaches clinical skills at the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) and provides transgender care to patients. An accomplished rapper, she even turned down a career in music to pursue one in nursing. She loves...
As a medical resident, Vikas Gupta came across many patients with what are known as fibrosing diseases, ailments in which tissues become scarred, causing other complications, and for which there are limited treatment options. He eventually decided to...
Lamia Haque may be a new faculty member, but she’s no stranger to Yale. She came to the university as an internal medicine resident in 2013 and stayed to complete fellowships in addiction medicine, digestive diseases, and advanced transplant hepatology....
When she was a student at Yale School of Medicine more than a decade ago, Dr. Mei Elansary ’12 conducted a project on the Indonesian island of Borneo. Over several weeks, she interviewed clinic patients about a program that offered more accessible health...
As a physician-scientist at Yale, Cece Calhoun both treats young patients with sickle cell disease and studies how to help them transition into adult care. In her spare time, you can find her watching NPR “Tiny Desk” concerts, hanging out with family, or...
Last weekend, Yale staff, students, and alumni teamed up with city residents and leaders to repaint the concrete bollards at the intersection of York Street and South Frontage Road in downtown New Haven. The project, which was part of Yale Sustainability...