In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers at Yale have found that victims of political violence were much more likely to report abusing their female partners after immigrating to the United States For many U.S. immigrants,...
Yale researchers have taken the first critical steps in unraveling the mysteries of brain aneurysms, the often fatal rupturing of blood vessels that afflicts 500,000 people worldwide each year and nearly killed Vice President-elect Joseph Biden two...
Widespread prejudice directed at obese children and adults is the theme of a special supplement to the November issue of Obesity. The supplement, devoted exclusively to bias and prejudice toward obese persons, and the emergence of new science on this...
A study to help nurses hone their heart-monitoring skills has received the largest grant in the history of the Yale School of Nursing — $3.9 million. The funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health will...
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...
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...