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...
A rare form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is associated with an uncommon gene mutation, according to Yale and National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) researchers. The findings are the strongest evidence to date that neuropsychiatric disease...
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...
A Yale faculty member is available for comment about the Staten Island Ferry crash. Phillip Brewer, M.D., is assistant professor of surgery, emergency medicine, Yale School of Medicine. He has served on a National Transportation Safety Board panel on...
A one-day scientific symposium will be held at Yale Medical School October 23 to celebrate the dedication of the Department of Pharmacology’s new wing and renovated laboratories. The theme of the symposium, “New Frontiers in Molecular Pharmacology and...