Yale is participating in a $60 million national study to test whether state of the art imaging, other biological markers, and clinical and neuropsychological assessment, can be combined to measure the progression of mild cognitive impairment and early...
Blondes and redheads not only are more susceptible to skin cancer, but the source of their skin and hair pigmentation, melanin, actually magnifies the damaging effects of ultraviolet (UV) rays, according to a study published online this week in the...
Yale’s Endowment earned a 19.4% return in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, bringing total assets to $12.7 billion, Yale’s Investments Office reported. Investment officials said the excellent performance resulted in approximately $2.1 billion in...
Yale is recipient of a $5 million grant for what is believed to be a first of its kind study examining a possible link between stress-related psychiatric disorders in pregnancy and low birth weight and premature delivery. “Historically, there has been...
On November 17, Dennis Spencer, M.D., the Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery at Yale School of Medicine, will deliver the inaugural Robinson Memorial Lecture at Clinical Neuroscience Grand Rounds in the Brady Auditorium. The...
A Yale researcher is recipient of a $100,000 grant from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) for a project focusing on new antidepressant targets in the brain. The Independent Investigator grant awarded to Marina...
Martin E. Gordon, M.D., a distinguished member of the Yale School of Medicine’s class of 1946 and a clinical professor of medicine, has been awarded the Dean’s Peter Parker Medal for outstanding contributions to medicine and the well being of the Yale...
Jorg Schlaich and Rudolf Bergermann, structural engineers who are pioneers in sustainable and ecological construction, will be the subject of an exhibition at the Yale School of Architecture, November 15, 2004, to February 4, 2005. “leicht weit Light...
Research at Yale reported in the journal Science identifies a new riboswitch (RNA regulatory sequence) class in bacteria that operates as a rare “ON” switch for genetic regulation of the three proteins in a glycine processing system. “This seems like...
Susan E. Hardy, M.D., instructor in geriatric medicine at Yale School of Medicine, was recently awarded a 2004 Pfizer/Foundation for Health in Aging Junior Faculty Scholar Award for Research on Health Outcomes in Geriatrics. Hardy will receive $65,000...