A new study led by a Yale School of Nursing researcher recommends changes in nursing schools and the work environment to reduce the number of novice nurses who opt to leave the profession.The article comes at a time when about 18% of newly licensed...
Three healthcare experts spent an hour and a half at a Yale School of Medicine panel on Sept. 16 striving to bring clarity to a national reform debate they all agreed has been obscure, frustrating and ultimately unenlightening.Yet the complexity of the...
Diarrhea-related diseases claim the lives of more than 1.5 million children each year, almost all in developing countries. Poor sanitary conditions, including contaminated water and food, are the major source of the bacteria and viruses that cause severe...
In a rite of passage marking their journey toward a medical career, the newest students at the Yale School of Medicine were formally “robed” in traditional doctor’s coats at a ceremony held at the start of the new school year.Family and friends looked on...
The work and influence of American psychoanalyst Erik Erikson will be highlighted in a lecture and exhibition on campus this month.The exhibit, “Erik Erikson at Yale and Riggs: Clarifying Links Between Child Development and Adult Resilience,” which will...
Sex and gender are among the most important variables in understanding biology and behavior, and yet women were generally not included in clinical research trials until recent years, notes Professor Carolyn M. Mazure, who is being honored this month for...
The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute for Biological, Physical and Engineering Sciences held its inaugural symposium on Oct. 16 at West Campus.The day-long event was a dual-pronged celebration: first, honoring the gift by the Sacklers that helped...
More than 200 people attended the Yale Stem Cell Center’s second annual Stem Cell Retreat held Oct. 23 at the Omni Hotel in New Haven.The retreat, which features reports on stem cell research from 49 Yale labs, has become so popular that registration had...
Yale internist Dr. Lisa Sanders makes no apologies for being a big fan of one not-always-realistic medical drama.She regularly tunes in to the award-winning FOX television series “House, M.D.,” which features Hugh Laurie as its title character, Dr....
Margaret Grey has been reappointed to a second five-year term as dean of the Yale University School of Nursing (YSN), effective July 1, President Richard C. Levin has announced.Grey, the Annie Goodrich Professor at YSN, has been at Yale since January of...