Linking Science & Society
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5 Oct 2023
We recently sat down with Dean @meganranney to discuss her vision for the future of our school and the future of public health.
📽️ Watch the full Q&A ⬇️
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⏰ Deadline Extended to April 17 ⏰
There's still time to apply to our Climate Change and Mental Health short course!
Build practical skills to support patient and community mental health in a changing climate.
🔗 Learn more and apply: bit.ly/CCMHcourse
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In general, public health data typically has been fragmented, inaccessible, and outdated. That sometimes has limited the ability of public health experts to get a clearer picture of, for example, a disease outbreak. PopHIVE is changing that.
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ALT Democratizing data, one disease at a time The Yale School of Public Health’s PopHIVE platform helps track health trends in communities — and puts near real-time health data in the hands of the public. Photo of Anne Zink and Dan Weinberger working on white board
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When the COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak, scientists relied on a process called ‘tiled amplicon sequencing’ to track the virus’s spread. Now, an international team of scientists is applying those same techniques to more rapidly sequence TB.
Read more: m.yale.edu/dgph
ALT YSPH scientists show how rapid sequencing could transform tuberculosis care
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Members of the Yale schools of public health, medicine, and nursing came together earlier this year for Yale's first Music, Memory, and Aging Symposium.
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Rising health care spending is killing the American Dream. The new @yalehealthlab, led by Prof. @zackcooperYale, is working to curb this spending by translating evidence into action.
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👋We’re the Health Care Affordability Lab at @Yale — a new initiative that pairs rigorous academic scholarship with strategic policy engagement to curb rising health care spending at every level of government.
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ALT Our Mission: The Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale produces new evidence to guide policymakers and lower health care costs for individuals and the health care system.
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Aging in later life is often portrayed as a steady slide toward physical and cognitive decline. But a new Yale study suggests that older individuals can and do improve over time, and their mindset toward aging plays a major part in their success: m.yale.edu/dgjn
ALT Yale study challenges notion that aging means decline, finds many older adults improve over time
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Our PopHIVE data platform has partnered with Metopio, a national community health data automation platform, to make health data easier to use where it matters most: in decisions that affect patients, families, and local communities.
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The Viral Emergence Research Initiative (Verena), headquartered in our Public Health Modeling Unit, is one of the largest pandemic prevention research and training programs in the United States.
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ALT Photo of measuring bat. Text: Forecasting the Next Pandemic Led by scientists from Yale and the University of Oklahoma, the Verena research initiative is using AI and team science to predict viral threats Yale School of Public Health
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In a new interdisciplinary Yale study, researchers found that SARS-CoV-2 — the virus responsible for COVID-19 — is weakening within the animal kingdom: news.yale.edu/2026/01/09/sar…
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Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health estimate that the United States could reduce its annual spending on outpatient prescription drugs by $184 billion — a 51% decrease — if domestic prices were aligned with those in other high-income nations.
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A Yale study finds that existing facilities lag, providing important insights for policymakers looking to improve access to and quality of care. ⬇️
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21 Dec 2025
With a crucial decision on whether to extend Affordable Care Act tax subsidies looming in Congress, YSPH Prof. Zack Cooper urged lawmakers to rein in spiraling health care costs that are “crushing” American families.
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20 Dec 2025
Honored for her role in developing and evaluating the breakthrough HIV prevention drug lenacapavir, @drmoupali, shared her journey into HIV research during a November 6 visit to the Yale School of Public Health.
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19 Dec 2025
YSPH researchers say that a dramatic increase in the use of opioid disorder medications in residential treatment facilities over the past decade was driven by a new Medicaid reimbursement plan and new treatment facilities entering the market. ⬇️
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15 Dec 2025
Jessica Federer, MPH ’08, recently founded the Women’s Health Fund: a fund of funds to spur investment in medical innovations that would improve women’s health.
Read more about Federer’s work in the latest edition of Science & Society magazine at ysph.yale.edu/about-school-o…
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12 Dec 2025
In the latest edition of Science & Society magazine, we feature eight YSPH students who, in 2025, engaged in public health practice opportunities that linked science and society across the globe ⬇️
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12 Dec 2025
Yale’s part-time Executive MPH is designed for working professionals, with live online courses in the evenings and three in-person trainings on Yale’s campus. Apply by January 15. Learn more at sph.yale.edu/emph
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11 Dec 2025
Have you ever wondered about the secret to YSPH’s social media success? Learn about the “magic” behind one of the best social feeds in public health ⬇️
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10 Dec 2025
In our latest edition of Science & Society magazine, professors share how YSPH is leaning in to offer more opportunities for students to learn public health communications skills.
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10 Dec 2025
In an op-ed in today’s @NYTimes, @SolomonCtrYLS faculty affiliate @zackcooperYale (@YaleSPH, @YaleTobinCenter, @YaleEconomics) urges lawmakers to adopt tangible solutions to the surging health care spending at the roots of unaffordable medical costs. nytimes.com/2025/12/10/opini…
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