Scott W. Wolfe, M.D., of Fairfield, has been promoted to the rank of Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in the Clinician/Scholar tract at the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Wolfe has been a member of the Yale University Faculty since 1990...
Professor William I. McDonald will give a lecture on “The Dynamics of Multiple Sclerosis” in honor of Helen Wilshire Walsh on Tuesday, June 15, at 4:30 p.m. in the Historical Library, Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. Walsh, a long time resident...
Dr. William G. Anlyan, of Durham, North Carolina was presented the Yale Alumni in Medicine Distinguished Service Award on June 5 at the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Anlyan, who is celebrating his 50th Reunion at Yale Medical School this spring, was...
Renowned biochemist Dr. Robert J. Lefkowitz of Duke University will discuss his groundbreaking work on membrane receptors during the 13th annual Student Research Day at the School of Medicine on Tuesday, May 11. His 4:30 p.m. talk, the annual Farr...
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher will speak at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 24 in the Yale School of Medicine Medical Historical Library, Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. Prior to his talk, which is free and open to the public, Satcher will be...
Renowned experts from around the country will convene in October to present innovative women’s health research as part of the second Yale Conference on Women’s Health & Fitness. The conference will run Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 21-23 at the Omni New...
Washington, DC – A major study of more than 800 preschool children begun in 1993 which has now followed the children through second grade, establishes a link between quality child care and school readiness. Approximately 74% of 3- to 5-year olds, or 6.8...
Yale researchers, in what is believed to be the first population-based study of its kind, have discovered that many older people have physical hazards in their homes that easily could be eliminated. Potential hazards such as poor lighting, exposed...
The answer to how RNA polymerase stays still and moves at the same time while beginning its job of copying DNA into RNA is, according to a Yale scientist: “scrunching.” Using x-ray crystallography, Professor Thomas Steitz, the Eugene Higgins Professor...
The Yale University School of Nursing (YSN) will host a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Master Class on minority health on January 17, 2000, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the school’s 100 Church Street South campus. The class will be open to undergraduates...