A smile may be infectious, but are obesity, smoking and even a headache?Published research has suggested that certain health outcomes are “contagious” in close social networks — that, for instance, people who kick the smoking habit are likely to...
Dr. Samuel Ritvo, a leader in psychoanalysis and child psychiatry who was a faculty member for nearly six decades at the Yale Child Study Center, died on Dec. 3 at age 91.Ritvo’s research interests included longitudinal studies of child development,...
Dr. Luigi Mastroianni, an internationally recognized pioneer in reproductive biology who began some of his groundbreaking research while at Yale, died on Nov. 25 at the age of 83.Mastroianni was the William Goodell Emeritus Professor and chair of the...
Sobering childhood obesity rates in New Haven hit home for Yale baseball star Joshua Cox, who helped organize the first annual Yale Athletic Health Fair and Community Dinner, which takes place on Saturday, December 6. The free event, which aims to educate...
With HHMI funding, these Yale scientists are working to solve some of the most challenging biomedical mysteries.When the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has gone looking for biomedical researchers of “intellectual daring” in recent years, one place...
Yale and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will share a $10 million grant to study the way cocaine use during pregnancy affects interactions between mothers and infants.The Yale portion of the study will be spearheaded by Dr. Linda Mayes,...
The University will use a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish the George M. O’Brien Kidney Center at Yale.The five-year grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases will help fund three...
Florence S. Wald, dean emerita of the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) and founder of hospice in the United States, died on Nov. 8 at her home in Branford. She was 91 years old.Wald, a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame and an American Academy of...
Dr. Franklin H. Epstein, a former Yale professor known worldwide for his accomplishments in nephrology, died on Nov. 5. He was 84 years old.A 1947 graduate of the Yale School of Medicine, Epstein completed his residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where...
Yale University is one of five recipients of a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to enhance informatics research tools for neuroscientists around the world. The five-year grant administered by the University of California-San Diego...