The “Richard K. Gershon Symposium on Suppressor T Cells,” a day of presentations and discussions by nine of the most distinguished researchers in immunology, will be held on November 17 in the Anlyan Center Auditorium at Yale School of Medicine. Each...
Despite previous reports concluding that patients want full disclosure about their illness, many seriously ill older persons and caregivers may not be ready or able to receive information such as life expectancy, research at Yale shows. Published in the...
An exhibit in the rotunda of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library will commemorate the Centennial of the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics to Marie Curie, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel in October 1903. The display opens on November 6 to...
Yale University is hosting a three-day conference, November 6, 7 and 8, highlighting the impact of women scientists historically and addressing the scientific challenges for the 21st Century. The event marks the centennial of the first award of the Nobel...
In a self-selecting poll of fulltime faculty and researchers, conducted by “The Scientist” magazine, Yale ranked third in “Best Places to Work in Academia”. Relationships with colleagues and the quality physical and financial resources were among the...
Women’s Health Research at Yale (WHR) began celebrating its five-year anniversary on Sept. 29 at an event titled “From Vision to Innovation” at the Sage American Grill & Oyster Bar in New Haven. Carolyn Mazure, director of WHR, presided as keynote...
The Ethel F. Donaghue Women’s Health Investigator Program at Yale, part of Women’s Health Research at Yale (WHR), recently awarded grants to three Yale scientists for research on genital herpes, hormone influences on smoking and high blood pressure...
Johnson & Johnson has given $525,000 to the Physician Scholars in International Health Program at Yale University School of Medicine to foster physician involvement in foreign countries. This is Johnson & Johnson’s third grant to the program in...
Black, Hispanic and Native American children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), have worse survival than white and Asian children, even with the availability of modern therapies, Yale researchers report in the October 15 issue of Journal of the...
Children with severe asthma are particularly vulnerable to ozone in air pollution even at levels below Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards, Yale researchers report in the October 8 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association....