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Kaakpema Yelpaala (KP) is the new faculty director of InnovateHealth Yale and a Senior Fellow and Lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health. In this episode of Impact & Innovation, KP reflects on his roller-coaster journey which navigated through the non-profit and for-profit worlds in Africa, comparing these two worlds and digital health start-ups in Africa versus the U.S.
- April 25, 2024
Upkeep Care, an artificial intelligence platform the connects older adults and caregivers to resources, topped a record 36 teams to win the 2024 Thorne Prize for Social Innovation in Health or Education, presented by InnovateHealth Yale (IHY). The four-member team, including three Yale School of Public Health students, bested three other Yale student-led teams with their final pitch at Startup Yale, the university’s largest entrepreneurial event, April 5 at the Hotel Marcel in New Haven.
- April 24, 2024Source: Yale Daily News
The program develops Yale students’ interest in innovation to solve global health challenges through collaboration, creative methods and business approaches.
- April 17, 2024
This Student Spotlight focuses on Kailey Seiler, MPH '24 (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
- April 03, 2024
The Role of Data in Public Health Equality and Innovation Conference, bringing together a global and diverse group of leaders from academia, government, health care, and private industry, takes place at Yale April 8-9.
- March 28, 2024
Six student-led ventures have received this year’s Rita Wilson Grant Funds in Support of Innovation and Entrepreneurship from InnovateHealth Yale (IHY).
- March 21, 2024
This Profile in Public Health Innovation focuses on Kayla Wooley, MPH '21 (health care management), who is CEO of StaffOnTap and Nurse Ranger, two platforms that help health care companies optimize nursing home staffing.
- March 20, 2024
When the Sustainable Health Initiative Venture Development Program launched last fall, the goal was to create opportunities for Yale students interested in global health innovation to come together and learn from each other. Twelve teams make up the program's spring 2024 cohort.
- March 20, 2024
Sex-linked differences are a significant factor in women's heart disease.
- February 28, 2024
A new study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health finds that for blue-collar workers in China, rates of hospital admissions for mental illnesses, including anxiety, depression, and stress-related disorders, increased following retirement at age 50. No similar increase was reported among their white-collar peers.