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@YaleMed
Yale School of Medicine
5 years
Nancy J. Brown, MD, will be the first woman to serve as YSM’s dean. Brown is currently the Hugh Jackson Morgan Professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University. Her tenure begins February 1, 2020.
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YSM's MD Class of 2022 has selected William Flanary, MD, as its speaker for Commencement. Known as @DGlaucomflecken on @Twitter , Flanary, an ophthalmologist in Portland, Oregon, is a talented medical satirist and stand-up comedian.
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Yale School of Medicine
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Nancy J. Brown, MD, officially took office Saturday as the 19th dean of Yale School of Medicine, succeeding Robert J. Alpern, MD, who had led the school since 2004. She is the first woman to lead the medical school in its 210-year history.
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Yale School of Medicine
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Of @YaleCellBio and YSM, @dacolon has been awarded the Humboldt Prize. Colón-Ramos' lab has contributed greatly to how science understands fundamental aspects of the cell biology of synapses and behavior. @Yale
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Yale School of Medicine
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Researchers, physicians, students, and anyone interested in keeping up to date on scientific, academic, epidemiological and medical advances on COVID-19 are encouraged to visit Yale University’s collaborative project at #coronavirus #covid19
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Yale School of Medicine
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Huge turnout at YSM’s Sterling Hall of Medicine for #WhiteCoatsForBlackLives —hundreds of people in person, and hundreds more via Zoom. Very positive energy for change.
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Yale School of Medicine
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Yale researcher Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, says COVID-19 isn’t unique in its ability to leave behind post-viral illness after infection. Read the article in @TIME : @VirusesImmunity @yaleIBIO
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Yale School of Medicine
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YSM's keynote speaker for 2023's Commencement will be Anthony Fauci, MD, director of @NIH 's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. @NIAIDNews
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Congratulations to @YaleIBIO ’s @VirusesImmunity , who will receive the Else Kröner Fresenius #Prize for Medical #Research June 5 from @EKFStiftung recogonizing her #research into #longCOVID .
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Congratulations to @YaleIBIO ’s @VirusesImmunity , who will be awarded the 2023 Connecticut Medal of #Science by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering on May 24th – a recognition of her groundbreaking work in #immune response and #vaccine design.
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YSM's @VirusesImmunity is one of two @Yale professors named to the #TIME100 , @TIME ’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world - a #recognition of her contributions to the global understanding of #longCOVID and post-acute #infection syndromes.
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Yale School of Medicine
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"I hope to have made a reasonable contribution to the science that I love, and be known as a reasonable person." Sincere and heartfelt congratulations to Professor Joan Steitz on her eminently deserved lifetime achievement award from the Lasker Foundation!
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Yale School of Medicine
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Wishing #physicians a prosperous and professionally satisfying #NationalDoctorsDay . For all the work you do on behalf our shared global community: we thank you! "Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity." -Hippocrates
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Yale School of Medicine
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Across the country, medical schools are recognizing that to produce the best doctors, they must teach how race, gender, sexual orientation, poverty, and access to health care affect their patients’ health—as well as their own inherent biases.
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Yale School of Medicine
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Congratulations to Yale School of Medicine's class of 2018—the largest class of doctors in the school's history. Here, graduates process from Old Campus to Amistad Park for the presentation of their degrees. Photo courtesy of Robert A. Lisak.
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Pathologists are often the "hidden heroes" during surgeries that involve removing as much #cancer tumor tissue as possible.
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Yale School of Medicine
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According @YaleIBio 's @RMedzhitov , our understanding of inflammation is incomplete. In a recent @ScienceMagazine article, he called for developing a new framework to describe the ubiquitous immunological response to injury, and its relationship to health.
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A site co-founded by two @Yale researchers for sharing preliminary medical research called medRxiv (pronounced “med archive”) has become a leading source of scientific discovery related to the COVID-19 pandemic. @BritaYaleAlumni
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Yale School of Medicine
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Since the pandemic began, @VirusesImmunity and her team have learned a lot about immunity to the virus by studying sex differences. “Age and sex are where immunological changes intersect,” she says.
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Yale School of Medicine
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Rare cases of #myocarditis post- #COVID19 vaccine caused by generalized immune response – not #antibodies created by the #vaccine , researchers incl. @lucasite_lab , @VirusesImmunity and @InciYildirim11 say in @SciImmunology . @YalePediatrics @YaleEMD @YaleIBIO
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Yale School of Medicine
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The National Women’s Hockey League ( @NWHL ) is working with @Yale to provide saliva-based COVID-19 testing for players and staff during the upcoming season and Isobel Cup playoffs in Lake Placid, New York. @YaleSPH @yalepathology
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Yale School of Medicine
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Massive, repetitive stretches of DNA in the human genome may harbor hints about the onset of neurodegenerative disorders, per a @YaleIBIO study led by @taka_takehiro of @VirusesImmunity 's lab, published this week in @NeuroCellPress .
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Yale School of Medicine
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In a new study published in @SciImmunology , @VirusesImmunity and scientists including @ericsongg and @MiyuMoriyama found that intranasal vaccination provided broad-based protection against heterologous respiratory viruses in preliminary testing. @YaleIBio
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Yale School of Medicine
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Pregnant women infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 are more likely to experience preterm births, pre-eclampsia, and other neonatal problems than non-infected women, according to research led by @ShelFarFar and @VirusesImmunity .
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Yale School of Medicine
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Yale’s hospitals and clinics didn’t have enough COVID-19 tests. Veteran virologist Marie-Louise Landry created one—from scratch—in record time.
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Yale School of Medicine
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In honor of all our doctors and doctors-to-be. Thanks for the hope you give us. #NationalDoctorsDay
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#LongCOVID has taught the world that these #diseases are real... and we need to study them.” – Yale Center for #Infection and #Immunity founder @VirusesImmunity on the new center’s vital #research mission.
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Yale School of Medicine
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This fall is the 100th anniversary of the 1st women admitted to Yale’s School of Medicine.
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A simple RNA molecule jumpstarts the immune system’s “first responders” to viral infection and can even eradicate the SARS-CoV-2 virus in mice with chronic cases of COVID-19, a new Yale School of Medicine study finds. @VirusesImmunity
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Yale School of Medicine
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Women who received mRNA vaccines against the COVID-19 virus did not produce more of an antibody theorized to reduce fertility, YSM researchers report in a new study published in @PLOSBiology . @VirusesImmunity @aliceluculligan @S_Tabachnikova @YaleIBio
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Yale School of Medicine
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Great News! YSM's own Joan Steitz, PhD, of @SteitzLab , has been recognized with the Wolf Prize in Medicine. @WolfPrize_ #awards
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Yale School of Medicine
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@gregggonsalves @nytimes @DrDavidKatz @tomfriedman David Katz is not academically affiliated with Yale and has not held an academic appointment here since 2016.
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Yale School of Medicine
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Excited to announce that Lisa R. Leffert, MD, has been appointed chair of our Department of Anesthesiology and chief of Anesthesiology at @YNHH and @BPTHOSP , effective August 16, 2021.
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Yale School of Medicine
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At a recent Grand Rounds, speakers including Esther Choo, MD '02, MPH @choo_ek and Jo Shapiro, MD emphasized that improving workplace culture and equity could help all scientists and physicians reach their personal and professional potential.
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Yale School of Medicine
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Check out Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith's ( @ERIC_Yale ) Instagram takeover of former First Lady @MichelleObama 's Instagram account today, where she answered questions about #COVID19 and the #vaccines available today.
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Yale School of Medicine
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Why some brains appear able to handle stress better than others: neuroplasticity
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Operating room in 1922. Seating for 75, w/ natural & artificial light spilling onto the table #tbt
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Yale School of Medicine
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Wishing everyone who observes it a #HappyThanksgiving !
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Yale School of Medicine
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Ed isn't dead inside, thanks in no small part to his immune system. This article (which features the expert input of many excellent immunologists, including YSM's own @VirusesImmunity ) explains why he continues to live and write (we hope for a long time on both counts).
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Ed Yong is not here
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The origin of this story is one of my colleagues asked for an immunity explainer, and I said, "GOD NO, have you any idea how complicated immunology is, that would kill me," but then I realized that I am already dead inside, and wrote the piece.
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"That antibodies decrease once an infection recedes isn’t a sign that they are failing: It’s a normal step in the usual course of an immune response," write @VirusesImmunity & @RMedzhitov (via @nytimes )
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Yale School of Medicine
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Congrats to all 123 students who matched with a residency program this year - the largest ever to match from #YaleSchoolOfMedicine ! In this video, Associate Dean for Student Affairs Nancy Angoff takes you inside this fun and exciting event. #MatchDay2018 #YSMmatch
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Yale School of Medicine
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Children and adults exhibit distinct immune system responses to infection by the virus that causes COVID-19, a finding that helps explain why outcomes tend to be much worse in adults, researchers from @Yale and @EinsteinMed report in @ScienceTM .
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Yale School of Medicine
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YSM is excited to soon welcome the 100 talented and diverse MD students who have committed to attend, including 19 MD-PhD candidates. 20 students already have begun their YSM experience through START @Yale .
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Yale School of Medicine
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"The first qualification for a physician is hopefulness." - James Little (1836-1885) #motivationmonday
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Yale School of Medicine
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Congrats to @YaleMed 's Physician Associate Class of 2018 who celebrated their white coat ceremony last week.
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Yale School of Medicine
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Louise Whitman Farnam (by alpha order) - 1st woman admitted to @YaleMed . We've come far, but still further to go #InternationalWomensDay
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Yale School of Medicine
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Great profile of @VirusesImmunity . In addition to being a scientific leader, Dr. Iwasaki is revered as a mentor, and embodies the collaborative, self-motivated, and essentially optimistic mindset students at YSM receive via the Yale System. @statnews
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Yale School of Medicine
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Congratulations to standout 4th-year student leader at YSM, innovative researcher, podcaster, and @HowardU graduate @MaxJordan_N on his selection to the @Forbes "30 Under 30 in Healthcare 2020."
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Yale School of Medicine
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“Mom is a powerful treatment,” said Dr. Matthew Grossman of @YaleMed / @YNHH . On #opioid -dependent babies by @cslnyt
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Yale School of Medicine
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Thanks to @Yale President Peter Salovey for speaking out against #DACA . @YaleMed 's Dean Robert J. Alpern stands behind this statement, too.
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Developing antibodies has been the great long-term hope for ending the COVID-19 pandemic. However, they can be major culprits in severe cases of COVID-19, @Yale scientists including @VirusesImmunity report in the journal @Nature .
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A multidisciplinary team of @Yale researchers has discovered how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, blocks production of cellular proteins, including immune molecules, and contributes to severe illness in its host.
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Yale School of Medicine
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"Medicine absorbs the physician's whole being because it is concerned w/ the entire human organism." -Johann von Goethe #MotivationMonday
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Congratulations to the members of the Yale School of Medicine Physician Associate Class of 2020 who graduated today. The world desperately needs your talents and skills! @yalepaprogram
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“Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity. ” ― Hippocrates #valentines
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"Abusers" and "addicts" are stigmatizing words for individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) They should be removed from Step 1 test prep materials, write Yale med students @zoe_m_adams , @LFitzsousa , and @MarinaGaeta1 in @JournalGIM .
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Max Jordan, a current YSM student, started a podcast, @FlipScriptPod . Inspired by podcasts like @NPRCodeSwitch , @thenodshow , and @radioambulante , he explores issues like the relationship between social justice and human health.
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Saad B. Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD, as the inaugural director of the Yale Institute for Global Health and associate dean for global health research at the School of Medicine.
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"I believe data science is going to contribute to more medical breakthroughs in the next 10 years than everything else combined" says @hmkyale about data and computational health in the August issue of #CardiologyMag @JACCJournals
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Yale School of Medicine
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A @Yale study published in @Nature found that the Pfizer-BioNTech & Moderna vaccines provide protection against multiple variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, including the highly infectious Delta variant. @VirusesImmunity @SaadOmer3 @NathanGrubaugh
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The Yale Medicine Board has elected @NitaAhujaMD , chair and William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery, as the new Board Chair. @YaleSurgery
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Laura Niklason’s engineered blood vessels make it to @WSJ 's ‘Top 6 Tech to Watch’
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#Congratulations to YSM's E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, @madhavcmenon and @fperrywilson , who are among 100 #newmembers elected to @the_ASCI . They will be officially #inducted in April.
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How Paul Kalanithi’s widow helped turn his memoir, ‘When Breath Becomes Air,’ into a best seller:
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Creator @VirusesImmunity , of @YaleIBIO , says the new @YaleCII will focus its efforts on tackling #postacute infection syndromes like #longCOVID : “They’ve been going on for decades—or maybe hundreds of years—but we haven’t been paying attention.”
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Congratulations to Valentina Greco, PhD, Carolyn Walch Slayman Professor of Genetics, who was elected vice president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. @ISSCR @valentatormenta @YaleGenetics
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Current @YaleMed students held a phone-a-thon to call each newly accepted member of Class of 2022 and say, "🎉!" We look forward to meeting everyone on campus in the fall!
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“I learned to take risks. Build good teams. To not take ‘no’ easily,” says Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS '06, of how she learned to be an ethical leader
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A new study published in @ScienceMagazine led by @Yale researchers including @VishwaDeepDixi1 of @YaleIBIO confirms the health benefits of moderate calorie restrictions in humans and identifies a key protein in the process.
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"Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination." - John Dewey (1859-1952) #MotivationMonday
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Congratulations to YSM's own Joan Steitz, PhD, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator on her receiving the Microbiology Society's 2021 Prize Medal. @HHMINEWS @MicrobioSoc
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Very pleased and proud to announce that Marietta Vázquez, MD, professor of pediatrics, has been appointed associate dean for medical student diversity, effective this May.
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Congratulations to all the medical students participating in this year's Match Day. Not only is matching the culmination of at least 4 years' hard work (often more), it's the next step in the careers of many promising physician-leaders.
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Yesterday, YSM's MD class of 2021 graduated in an emotional in-person ceremony. @DrOnyemaOgbuagu delivered a powerful keynote address. The ceremony was live-streamed, and a video will be available on YouTube for those who could not attend.
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Research at @Yale on two enzymes, KDM5B and SETDB1, has revealed epigenetic keys that could open the door to powerful new treatments for melanoma and other cancers. @YaleCancer @YalePathology .
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The career of Joan A. Steitz, PhD, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, was celebrated at a #symposium on March 6 that illustrated the span of her storied life in science with tributes from people whose #careers she has guided.
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How does the artificial pancreas device for #T1D work? @YaleMed doctor explains, based on research done w/ @JDRF
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“You see, it’s a hell of a hard thing to maintain that level of hate face to face," says @choo_ek ( @YaleMed '01)
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Congratulations to @ericsongg , one of our standout fifth-year MD-PhD students, who's one of 13 recipients of the 2021 @WeintraubAward . Song's research focuses on immune responses within the brain and central nervous system. @YaleIBIO
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Congratulations to YSM's class of 2019! It was inspiring to see the students walk during graduation, and embrace their future careers as physicians. Photo by @joel_callaway
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Yale School of Medicine
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Today, Dean Alpern announced that YSM is reducing need-based loan needs from $23k to $15k for students attending 2019-20. By 2023, students with demonstrated financial need should not graduate with more than $60k in debt—significantly lower than the national average of $197k.
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Family, friends, and members of YSM’s MD class of 2022 have gathered along with school faculty and leadership on a warm, sunny day for the first in-person commencement celebration since 2019.
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Register to attend a daylong symposium to celebrate 100 years of women @YaleMed on June 1
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YSM's MD Class of '24 has selected #physician - #geneticist and former @NIH #director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, to speak at its #Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 20.
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Yale School of Medicine
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Welcome to the newest class of Yale medical students, and thank you to @ewang422 for an inspiring keynote address!
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Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital (YNHCH) has become the first hospital in Connecticut and Rhode Island to receive certification from the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) to perform pediatric heart transplants.
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Happy graduation to @YaleMed and all students today at @Yale !
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Yale study: Your surgeon is probably a republican, and your psychiatrist? A democrat. Why is that?
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Yale School of Medicine
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"Being human doesn't happen despite suffering, it happens within it," says @rocketgirlmd ( @YaleMed alum) via @TEDMED
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Yale School of Medicine
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We are so proud of @YaleSPH / @Yale researchers @VogelsChantal , @awyllie13 , & @NathanGrubaugh . Their rapid SalivaDirect test for #COVID19 received FDA's emergency use authorization. Yesterday's @scifri w/ @iraflatow gives more details.
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We are closer to our goal of #medicaleducation without #studentdebt thanks to a $25 million gift from the Starr Foundation. Starting 2023-24, students with demonstrated #financialneed will not be called on to take out more than $10,000 in #loans per year. http://bit.…
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#tbt to Yale School Of Medicine's Class of 1946
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A step closer to understanding how cancer cells might break free and metastasize
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