Albert J. Solnit, M.D., Sterling Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist at the Child Study Center at Yale University School of Medicine, died on June 21 at age 82. A world-renowned pioneer in child psychiatry, Solnit spent 54 years at Yale and...
Scott A. Rivkees, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, will deliver testimony on newborn screening to the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and Families on June...
Providing active drug users with health services during their visits to needle exchange programs serves the dual purpose of cutting the death rate among this group and reducing the burden on hospital emergency rooms by as much as 41 percent, Yale...
The dedication of the Donald J. Cohen Auditorium will take place at a day-long ceremony on June 19 at 8:15 a.m. in Harkness Auditorium. The dedication ceremony will include presentations by Dante Cicchetti, Sue Levi Pearl, Abbey Meyers, Duane Alexander...
Two Yale researchers have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for distinguished and continued achievements in original research. Jennifer A. Doudna, the Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and investigator at...
In the largest study of its kind on mortality patterns in Europe and the United States, a Yale researcher has found a direct correlation between unemployment and mortality.
The study showed that high unemployment rates increase mortality and low...
Less than half of physicians report that they are well-trained to care for patients with terminal illnesses and about three-quarters of physicians feel knowledgeable enough to discuss hospice with patients and families, according to a study published by...
Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D., professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, is one of six new members elected to the National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council (NANDS), the major advisory panel of the National Institute of Neurological...
A press conference to announce a new $7.1 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for research on epilepsy surgery will be held at Yale on Thursday April 25 at 3 p.m. in Linsly-Chittenden Hall, room 101, 63 High Street. With the help of this...
The slight economic gains felt by millions of single mothers – who have moved off welfare and into low-wage jobs – have not discernibly improved the living conditions of families or the daily lives of young children, according to a report to be released...