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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
"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!
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
At YSM's
#Commencement
ceremony yesterday, former
@NIH
director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, surprised the MD
#classof2024
with a song. You can catch the whole performance on our YouTube channel:
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
What makes SARS-CoV-2 so infectious? In a new study,
@YaleIBIO
researchers investigate two of the
#COVID
-19
#virus
’s closest cousins to shed new light on what what shapes a pathogen’s “
#pandemic
potential.”
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
.
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
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
"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
)
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
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
.
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
.
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
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.
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."
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
.
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
"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
.
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.
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
"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
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
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!
“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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
.
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
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.
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
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.