Unlocking access to HIV care worldwide
Indonesian foundation’s $5 million gift will enable innovative Yale researcher to expand work on links between HIV, substance abuse
A pioneering HIV/AIDS researcher, epidemiologist, and clinician, Frederick L. Altice, M.D., M.A., has traveled the world pursuing his work on the interface between infectious diseases and substance abuse. He has helped to improve access to care and treatment programs for HIV-infected drug users in Malaysia, the Ukraine, Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Peru. Director of Clinical and Community Research and the founder of the School of Medicine’s HIV in Prisons program, he also provides care to...
New chair in interventional radiology honors ‘24/7’ physician
Robert I. White Jr., M.D., professor of diagnostic radiology and director of the Yale Vascular Malformation Center, is...
A time and a place: a new window on the life of the brain
A new study of remarkable size and scope offers clues to how the human brain develops, from its early stages into old...
HIV/AIDS: Yale covers the waterfront
School of Medicine researchers and physicians are working at home and abroad to tackle the worldwide HIV/AIDS pandemic
Tablets an excellent prescription for School of Medicine’s students
This fall, all 518 medical students at Yale received Apple iPad tablets to download course curricula, take notes in...
Common threads seen in autoimmune diseases
Researchers studying what goes wrong in autoimmune diseases now have a road map to guide future work, thanks to two...
Gift links tribal colleges with Child Study Center
When Charles W. Carl Jr., M.D., talks about his 2005 trip to the Navajo Nation—a 27,000 square-mile Native American...
Physicians must hold fast to a focus on the patient, says clinician-educator
Advances
Are ‘better’ devices a good choice for all?
Innovations in medical devices—such as artificial joints, pacemakers, and defibrillators—aren’t...
Read more...Getting a close look at a virus-detecting RIG
Viruses ranging from common influenza to hepatitis C rely on strands of RNA to infect human cells...
Read more...Telltale DNA aids early diabetes diagnosis
In type 1 diabetes, the immune system kills insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. By the...
Read more...New one-two punch brings down bacteria
Recent experiments in which stretches of proteins and genetic material are inserted into bacteria...
Read more...Out & About
September 18Students and faculty brought their competitive spirit to Yale’s Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center for theStudent/Faculty Tennis Classic.
(From left) Ben Albright’15; Dean and Ensign Professor of Medicine Robert J. Alpern, M.D.; Jovana Pavisic’13; and Robert Udelsman, M.D., M.B.A., chair and William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery.
September 18Students and faculty brought their competitive spirit to Yale’s Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center for theStudent/Faculty Tennis Classic.
A volley by Agnès Vignery, D.D.S., Ph.D., associate professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation.
September 18Students and faculty brought their competitive spirit to Yale’s Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center for theStudent/Faculty Tennis Classic.
Eileen Harder’14, the event’s organizer, with Pasquale Patrizio, M.D., professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences.
September 20As part of its Hope on Wheelsprogram, which supports pediatric cancer research and treatment programs around the U.S., representatives of Hyundai Car Sales named Gary Kupfer, M.D., professor of pediatrics and pathology, chief of the Section of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, and director of the Pediatric Oncology Program at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, a Hope on Wheels Scholar, and donated $100,000 for his work.
Peter DiPersia, general manager of the eastern region at Hyundai Motor America.
September 20As part of its Hope on Wheelsprogram, which supports pediatric cancer research and treatment programs around the U.S., representatives of Hyundai Car Sales named Gary Kupfer, M.D., professor of pediatrics and pathology, chief of the Section of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, and director of the Pediatric Oncology Program at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, a Hope on Wheels Scholar, and donated $100,000 for his work.
(From left) Cynthia N. Sparer, M.P.A., executive director of Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital (YNHCH); Clifford W. Bogue, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, interim chair of the Department of Pediatrics, and physician-in-chief at YNHCH; Kupfer; and DiPersia.
October 3Representatives of University College London (UCL) gathered with their Yale counterparts for a meeting of the Yale-UCL Collaborative.
(From left) Natasha Lewis, LL.B., director of legal services at UCL;Lori Manders, director of development and alumni relations at UCL; William C. Sessa, Ph.D., Alfred Gilman Professor of Pharmacology; and John Martin, M.D., professor of cardiovascular medicine at UCL and co-director of the Yale-UCL Collaborative.
October 3Representatives of University College London (UCL) gathered with their Yale counterparts for a meeting of the Yale-UCL Collaborative.
(From left) Woodbridge Fellow Sarika Arya; Sessa; Martin; David Price, Ph.D., vice-provost (research) at UCL; Manders; Sir Cyril Chantler, chair of UCL Partners; Michael Simons, M.D., the Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology, chief of the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, and co-director of the Yale-UCL Collaborative; Robert J. Alpern, M.D., dean and Ensign Professor of Medicine; Mary J. Hu, M.B.A., director of Institutional Planning and Communications at the School of Medicine; Cynthia Carr, J.D., LL.M., visiting lecturer at Yale Law School; Steven M. Girvin,Ph.D., deputy provost for Science and Technology and the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics and Applied Physics; Richard Lifton, M.D., Ph.D., chair and Sterling Professor of Genetics;Stephanie S. Spangler, M.D., deputy provost for health affairs and associate vice president for West Campus planning; Donald L. Filer, associate secretary and director of international affairs; Lewis; and Michael Whorton, Ph.D., vice-provost (international) and Fielden Professor of French Language and Literature at UCL.
October 27–28Yale’s Child Study Center (CSC) held its annual meeting of the Child Study Center Associates, the final event in a series of four marking the CSC’s hundredth year, in honor of the late Albert J. Solnit, M.D., who served as CSC director from 1966 to 1983.
(From left) Barbara F. Nordhaus, M.Sc., M.S.W., assistant clinical professor in the CSC, and Ruth Lord.
October 27–28Yale’s Child Study Center (CSC) held its annual meeting of the Child Study Center Associates, the final event in a series of four marking the CSC’s hundredth year, in honor of the late Albert J. Solnit, M.D., who served as CSC director from 1966 to 1983.
(From left)Joan Harris, Carol Schaefer, and Chuck Schaefer.
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