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Practice Research Programs
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Project
The Cancer
Prevention and Control Research Project is a large, diverse research
project the major goals of which are to (i) maintain a center of excellence
in research in cancer prevention and control in Connecticut; (ii) search
systematically for new knowledge that aids in the prevention and control
of cancer; (iii) integrate molecular and biochemical techniques with
population-based epidemiologic investigations in cancer prevention and control;
and (iv) maintain a prevention program spanning all phases of cancer control
research using the state of Connecticut as a population laboratory.
For
additional information, contact Susan Mayne at (203) 785-6274, susan.mayne@yale.edu,
or visit the Cancer
Prevention and Control Research Project web site. For research positions/internships,
please direct requests to specific faculty members of interest.
Center
for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
The Center for Interdisciplinary Research
on AIDS (CIRA) is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.
Its mission is to provide support for the conduct of research aimed at
the prevention of HIV infection and the reduction of the negative consequences
of the disease in vulnerable and underserved populations.
Faculty representing
17 disciplines from seven different graduate and professional schools
at the University, and scientists from The Institute for Community Research participate in the Center. CIRA-affiliated
projects include research on prevention message framing, prevention interventions
in prenatal care settings, microbicides, social network based and structural
interventions for drug users, interventions for coping with HIV and trauma,
physician delivered interventions with HIV+ patients, syringe access
issues, the public health impact and cost-effectiveness of HIV interventions,
international HIV prevention issues, and risk in migrant workers, men of
color who have sex with men, and drug using women.
CIRA’s Community
Research (CR) Core is premised on the view that for HIV prevention and
intervention research to be relevant and of benefit to the communities in
which it is conducted, it must be undertaken with the support of and in collaboration
with community-based organizations working with at-risk populations. Such
collaborations enhance the quality of the science being conducted by helping
to ensure effective recruitment of study participants, inclusion of survey
questions that are meaningful to participants, and development of relevant
interventions. These collaborations also facilitate the timely dissemination
of research findings to those most affected by them. The CR Core therefore
works to support effective and meaningful community-university collaborations
to enhance HIV prevention research.
For additional information, contact Gai Pollard at (203) 764-4342, gai.pollard@yale.edu,
or visit the CIRA web site.
Center for Public Health Preparedness
As part of a national network of Centers for Public Health Preparedness that
are funded through the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Yale Center for Public Health
Preparedness will work to ensure that frontline public health workers are
prepared to respond to public health emergencies including natural disasters,
acts of terrorism, and disease outbreaks. To achieve this mission, the Center
will focus on the preparedness of the existing public health workforce, as
well as new members of the workforce, and will offer specialty education to
those who plan to focus on public health preparedness. This will be accomplished
through: the development and implementation of training and educational programs
to address gaps in knowledge and skills of the public health workforce; use
of distance learning and other strategies to bring programs to the workforce;
development of professional education focusing on public health preparedness
and management; and continued evaluation and updating of ongoing programs
in order to ensure that they are addressing the core competencies needed for
public health workers.
Connecticut Women’s Health Project
The Connecticut
Women’s Health Project was established in 1990 to conduct collaborative,
community-based research among women with and at risk for HIV and other
sexually transmitted diseases. In partnership with community health
centers, hospital clinics, public health departments, and other community
colleagues, its mission is to serve women and their families through studies
that inform health care and health policy.
For additional information,
contact Jessica Lewis at (203) 764-9835, jessica.lewis@yale.edu.
Emerging Infections Program
The Emerging
Infections Program (EIP) is a collaborative effort between the State
of Connecticut Department of Public Health, the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, and YSPH. The Connecticut EIP is one of 11 EIP sites nationwide.
The goals of EIP are to assess the public health impact of emerging infections
and to evaluate methods for their prevention and control in the community.
Current projects include active population-based surveillance of: invasive
bacterial pathogens of public health importance, foodborne pathogens,
hospitalization resulting from pediatric influenza and pneumonia, chronic
liver disease and hepatitis C, tickborne infections such as human granulocytic
anaplasmosis (formerly ehrlichiosis) and human babesiosis, and unexplained
deaths.
In addition, the Yale office of the EIP conducts case-control studies
to identify risk-factors for foodborne illness and to evaluate the
effectiveness of Lyme disease prevention efforts. Other ongoing EIP research
includes studies to identify the etiology of severe pneumonia infections
and unexplained diarrheal illness, evaluation of PCR methods for diagnosis
of meningococcal disease, and statewide retrospective surveillance for unexplained
deaths that could have been due to a category A bioterrorism agent.
For
additional information, contact James Meek at (203) 764-4364, james.meek@yale.edu.
John Pierce Laboratory
Pierce Laboratory faculty serve
as a resource on health effects of environmental exposures, especially
health effects in special populations, such as older individuals. Pierce faculty
have particular expertise on: (i) the biological capacity to maintain
normal body temperatures in extreme thermal environments (heat waves, cold
exposure), (ii) acute and chronic effects of environmental noise on hearing,
(iii) environmental conditions that affect visual function and performance
in workplaces and while driving, (iv) sensory losses (hearing, touch, taste,
smell) with aging, and (v) the role of exercise in curtailing cardiovascular
disease and obesity, especially in older individuals.
For additional information,
contact the John Pierce Laboratory at (203) 562-9901, info@jbpierce.org,
or visit the John Pierce Laboratory website.
Prevention Research Center
The
Prevention Research Center (PRC) builds on the foundation of the pre-existing
affiliation between YSPH and Griffin Hospital to develop and assess public
health initiatives in the community. Griffin Hospital serves as a demonstration
site for multidisciplinary partnerships in achieving the goals of Healthy
People 2000/2010. The establishment of the PRC at a community site allows
the extensive academic resources of YSPH to be tailored to meet the needs
of a well-defined population. The community-based research efforts of
the PRC are intended to raise the standard of health and quality of life in
the Lower Naugatuck Valley and in Connecticut’s major urban areas, and
to serve as a national model of comprehensive, community-based disease prevention
and health promotion.
For additional information, visit the PRC
website.
Yale Program on Aging
The Yale Program on Aging encompasses a number of research initiatives, including
the Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Center, the Yale Health
and Aging Project, falls and injury prevention projects, and studies of disability,
dementia, hospitalization, end-of-life care, and patient preference. The
program's philosophy is based on the premise that the greatest advancement
in our understanding of normal aging, diseases associated with aging, and
the effective and efficient use of health services by a growing elderly population
will come about when knowledge is integrated across sciences.
The Program
on Aging has many opportunities for training at the pre-doctoral, post-doctoral
and junior faculty levels. National Institutes of Health predoctoral
and postdoctoral training grants in aging and psychiatric epidemiology
are available for M.D.s and Ph.D.s. Masters level students have worked as
paid and volunteer employees in several areas: study design, data management
and analysis, field operations in community and provider settings, and information
dissemination.
For additional information, contact Elizabeth Bradley at
(203) 785-2937, elizabeth.bradley@yale.edu,
or visit the Yale Program
on Aging website.
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