News Archives

January 2004

Merson Critiques and Reviews Global Response to HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Graduate School's Dean's Lecture Series
Posted 1-30-04.
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Groce’s Address at World Bank Raises Awareness of HIV/AIDS Risk Faced by Disabled People Worldwide
Posted 1-28-04.
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EPH Celebrates and Remembers Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Posted 1-23-04.
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Hair Dye Use Increases Risk of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Posted 1-23-04.
Yale researchers have found that lifetime users of hair coloring products have an increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), a cancer that attacks the lymphatic system, part of the body's immune system.
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Message from Dean Merson Remembering Dr. Robert E. Shope, Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology
Posted 1-22-04.
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Merson Evaluates Global Responses to HIV/AIDS
Posted 1-22-04.
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MPH Students in the Class of 2004 Awarded Post-Graduate Administrative Fellowships
Posted 1-22-04.
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Dow Discusses His Research on the Impacts of an Expansion of a Health Insurance Program on Child Mortality in Costa Rica
Posted 1-16-04
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Cutting Down on Cigarettes Promotes Quitting, Yale Study Says
Posted 1-16-04.
Reducing the number of cigarettes smoked can help older smokers successfully quit smoking, a new study by Yale reseachers has found.
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Makuch Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association
Posted 1-14-04.
Robert W. Makuch, Professor of Public Health in the Division of Biostatistics, has been elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA). This is a great honor since no more than one-third of one percent of ASA members are elected fellows.
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Durvasula's Lab Seeks to Control Chagas Disease Using Genetically Modified Insects
Posted 1-14-04.
Ravi Durvasula, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Epidemiology, is featured in the January 8 issue of AgBiotech BUZZ, a publication of the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology for his research aimed at controlling Chagas disease.
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Bradley Discusses Donaghue Foundation Research on Improving Organizational Performance
Posted 1-12-04.
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World Health Organization Official Urges Increased Attention to the Role of Noncommunicable Diseases in Global Health
Posted 1-9-04
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CDC's "Advancing HIV Prevention" Initative Examined During Forum in Recognition of World AIDS Day
Posted 1-2-04.
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