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In early November 2007, two School of Medicine scientists each received a Presidential Early Career Award, the highest honor that a beginning researcher can receive in the United States. The scientists, Sven-Eric Jordt, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology, and Susan Kaech, Ph.D., assistant professor of immunobiology, were among 58 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), which honor outstanding researchers who are beginning their independent research careers. All were honored at a White House ceremony on November 1. more…
“This is the future,” declared Yale President Richard C. Levin at the October 5 ribbon cutting for the medical school’s newest building, a 120,000-square-foot structure at 10 Amistad Street that will house the Interdepartmental Program in Vascular Biology and Therapeutics (VBT), the Yale Stem Cell Center (YSCC) and the Human and Translational Immunology (HTI) Program. The $88.6 million building is the latest to be built as part of a $1 billion plan to expand science facilities at Yale. more…
Six biomedical scientists and educators at Yale have been named as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon members of the organization by their peers in recognition of distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. Among the honored was Sankar Ghosh, Ph.D., professor of immunobiology and of molecular biophysics and biochemistry. more…
From Medicine@Yale: Richard A. Flavell, Ph.D., chair of the new Department of Immunobiology at Yale and an internationally recognized scientist, was named to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in October. more…
Recognizing their shared aspirations for the advancement of biomedical research and healthcare for people around the world, Yale University, Yale-New Haven Hospital and UCL (University College London) and its associated hospitals will sign an agreement that makes them allies in a global effort to improve the human condition through translational medicine. The Yale-UCL alliance will provide opportunities for high-level scientific research, clinical and educational collaboration.
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Thomas A. Steitz, Sterling professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Chemistry at Yale University, is one of three winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work describing the structure and function of the ribosome, the protein making factory key to the function of all life, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced today. more…
Two Yale faculty members have been named MacArthur Foundation Fellows for 2009, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced. Mary Tinetti, M.D., the Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health and Richard O. Prum, the William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology will each receive a five-year, $500,000 “genius” grant to spend as they see fit. more…
Three healthcare experts spent an hour and a half at a Yale School of Medicine panel on Sept. 16 striving to bring clarity to a national reform debate they all agreed has been obscure, frustrating and ultimately unenlightening. more…
Creating a video game to help teens avoid sex, drugs and alcohol use—behaviors that could lead to HIV infection—is the aim of a five-year, $3.9 million research grant to Yale from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. more…
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