New York Magazine has included 59 Yale physicians on a list of the top doctors in the metropolitan area for 2002. Spanning a wide variety of specialties from allergy and immunology to child neurology and geriatrics, the list serves as a guide for...
Alan Kazdin, director of the Yale Child Study Center, has appointed Joseph L. Woolston, M.D., Chief of Child Psychiatry at the Child Study Center and at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Woolston is professor of child psychiatry and pediatrics at Yale School of...
Albert J. Solnit, M.D., Sterling Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist at the Child Study Center at Yale University School of Medicine, died on June 21 at age 82. A world-renowned pioneer in child psychiatry, Solnit spent 54 years at Yale and...
Scott A. Rivkees, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, will deliver testimony on newborn screening to the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and Families on June...
Providing active drug users with health services during their visits to needle exchange programs serves the dual purpose of cutting the death rate among this group and reducing the burden on hospital emergency rooms by as much as 41 percent, Yale...
The dedication of the Donald J. Cohen Auditorium will take place at a day-long ceremony on June 19 at 8:15 a.m. in Harkness Auditorium. The dedication ceremony will include presentations by Dante Cicchetti, Sue Levi Pearl, Abbey Meyers, Duane Alexander...
Two Yale researchers have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for distinguished and continued achievements in original research. Jennifer A. Doudna, the Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and investigator at...
In the largest study of its kind on mortality patterns in Europe and the United States, a Yale researcher has found a direct correlation between unemployment and mortality.
The study showed that high unemployment rates increase mortality and low...
Less than half of physicians report that they are well-trained to care for patients with terminal illnesses and about three-quarters of physicians feel knowledgeable enough to discuss hospice with patients and families, according to a study published by...
Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D., professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, is one of six new members elected to the National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council (NANDS), the major advisory panel of the National Institute of Neurological...