Eight-year-old Hiam, a Palestinian girl who lost an eye after being shot in Gaza, is receiving a prosthetic eye work-up with help from the Yale Eye Center and Mazin Qumsiyeh, associate professor of genetics at Yale School of Medicine. According to...
Joan Steitz, the Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale, is one of five recipients of the “For Women in Science Program” award from L’Oreal Beauty Company and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
Using an innovative method called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to measure brain responsiveness, Yale researchers have found that a cocaine addict’s response to stimulation is decreased, indicating possible evidence that cocaine causes...
When VA hospitals cut inpatient psychiatric care, there is no overall reduction in effective care and clinical outcomes for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients, Yale researchers report in the February issue of 15 Medical Care. “We found no...
A homeless psychiatric patient’s race and the race of his or her case managers has no effect on the quality of mental health services the patients receive, or on their clinical outcomes, Yale researcher Robert Rosenheck, M.D. reports in a recent study...
Yale School of Medicine has established the Creed/Patton/Steele Scholarship Fund, which recognizes the importance of diversity in graduate and professional education, and honors the achievements of Courtlandt Van Rensselaer Creed, M.D., the first African...
When VA hospitals cut inpatient psychiatric care, there is no overall reduction in effective care and clinical outcomes for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients, Yale researchers report in the February issue of 15 Medical Care. “We found no...
The Yale University School of Nursing’s Center for Excellence in Chronic Illness Care will hold its annual convocation February 27, featuring a keynote speech by nursing scholar Donna Diers. Amy S. Kuhner, the founder of a children’s hospice, and Janet...
Yale School of Medicine’s International Health Program, which sends U.S. physicians-in-training to countries in the developing world, will expand with funding from Johnson & Johnson. The Yale International Health Program (IHP) was founded in 1981 by...