YSPH Research Centers, Labs and Initiatives
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- Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly (BBF): A Guide to Global Scale UpThis evidence-informed initiative is designed to help countries identify the strength of their breastfeeding-friendly environment and to improve breastfeeding policies and programs.
- Collaborative Center for Statistics in Science (C²S²)C²S² fosters collaborations involving statistical methods and technology in scientific research, for understanding disease etiologies and developing treatment and prevention strategies.
- Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE)CARE promotes the prevention of chronic diseases by focusing on social, environmental, and behavioral risk factors.
- Cancer Action Prevention and Engagement (CAPE)CAPE offers support and resources for cancer-related inquiries, inviting those with experience or expertise as potential partners to join in aiding underserved groups in Connecticut.
- Center for Methods in Implementation and Prevention Science (CMIPS)CMIPS develops and disseminates innovative methodologic approaches to address implementation gaps and improve public health worldwide.
- Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analytics (CIDMA)CIDMA aims to optimize the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of vaccination strategies and other health interventions by quantitatively evaluating and informing public health policies.
- Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology (CPPEE)CPPEE aims, through epidemiologic studies, to investigate the impact of environmental, genetic, and clinical factors on pregnancy, birth, and childhood.
- Empower Neighborhoods and Relationships to Improve Community Health (ENRICH)ENRICH explores the impact of people and environments on individuals and communities, and in collaboration with communities, develops programs to improve community health.
- Family Accommodation Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderFAOCD refers to family members' or significant others’ participation in or facilitation of patients’ rituals and/or avoidance.
- Global Health Leadership Initiative (GHLI)GHLI brings together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world to confront complex global health challenges and achieve comprehensive solutions.
- Humanities, Arts and Public Health Practice at Yale (HAPPY)HAPPY is an initiative of Yale School of Public Health that seeks to leverage the power of storytelling using the arts and humanities to inspire the public to improve community health.
- The Inclusion Body Myositis Disease Registry at Yale (IBM)IBM Disease Registry at Yale houses one of the world’s largest systematic categorizations of IBM: its origins, its biological markers, its risk profile, its natural history, and its clinical management.
- InnovateHealth Yale (IHY)IHY supports the creation of innovative solutions to challenges in public health and education for underserved communities in the United States and low-resource countries.
- Samoan Obesity, lifestyle and Genetic Adaptations Study Group (OLAGA)OLAGA study group aims to understand the origins of obesity among Samoans and other Pacific Islanders to develop relevant interventions to reduce obesity and obesity-related conditions.
- Public Health Modeling UnitThis renowned program uses mathematical representations of disease spread, healthcare processes, and human behavior to make better public health decisions and predictions.
- SalivaDirect™We are advancing the use of saliva-based testing as a readily-deployable, sensitive, patient-friendly option that increases access to affordable and equitable infectious disease testing.
- Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC) Training WorkshopThe TREC Training Workshop is an annual 5-day transdisciplinary research in energy balance and cancer training course for postdoctoral fellows and early career investigators.
- Yale Center for Analytical Sciences (YCAS)YCAS collaborative team provides expertise in the design, conduct, and analysis of health and health care studies, methodological development, and education and training.
- Yale Center on Climate Change and Health (YCCCH)YCCCH makes the most of the university’s multidisciplinary expertise, provides a comprehensive educational program, and catalyzes innovative research, all to address climate change.
- Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center (PRC)The PRC works with community partners to develop and implement community-based approaches to prevent and control chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
- Yale LGBTQ Mental Health InitiativeThis initiative provides a home for scholars and scholarship devoted to understanding and improving the mental health of LGBTQ populations in the US and around the world.
- Yale Superfund Research Center (YSRC)YSRC is a multidisciplinary center that aims to develop advanced research to create impactful solutions to protect public health from emerging contaminants in water.
- Aksoy Lab Aksoy Lab studies multiple aspects of tsetse flies, the vectors of African trypanosomes.
- Bell LabThis research group addresses air pollution and human health by integrating several disciplines, such as environmental engineering and epidemiology.
- Caroline Johnson LabJohnson Lab explores sex-specific differences in metabolism that influence colorectal cancer etiology, progression, and response to therapeutics.
- Climate, Health, and Environment Nexus (CHEN) LabCHEN Lab aims to produce policy-relevant knowledge to advance climate change mitigation and adaptation in a manner that promotes health and protects vulnerable populations.
- Ted Cohen LabTed Cohen Lab conducts research that contributes to the global effort to control two infectious diseases of public health importance: tuberculosis (TB) and HIV.
- Deziel Exposure Science LabThis lab focuses on providing comprehensive and quantitative assessments of exposure to traditional and emerging environmental contaminants in population-based studies.
- Housing and Health LabThe lab explores how housing access affects health and well-being amidst the affordable housing crisis and aims to inform policies to improve housing access and reduce health inequalities.
- The Hoh LabWe explore the population health implications of the affordable housing crisis and seek to inform policy interventions to improve housing access and reduce health inequalities.
- Humanitarian Research LabHRL Lab is a group of faculty and students who are dedicated to researching and addressing humanitarian crises throughout the world.
- The LEAN Study: Lifestyle, Exercise and NutritionThe LEAN lifestyle intervention is designed specifically for breast cancer survivors. Based on your results and feedback, we hope to make our LEAN program available for all breast cancer survivors.
- The Ma LabThe Ma Lab is interested in creating novel methods of data analysis for use within the medical field.
- HPV Working GroupOur goal is to develop and implement evidence-based strategies to improve HPV vaccination uptake and decrease the burden of HPV-related diseases in Connecticut.
- Transmission Dynamics of Enteric DiseasesOur research focuses on mathematical modeling of infectious diseases, with a special emphasis on the transmission dynamics of enteric diseases.
- Pollitt LabResearch in the Pollitt lab is focus on understanding the relationship between exposure to complex mixtures of air pollutants and disease.
- The Substance Abuse and Sexual Health Lab (SASH)SASH lab focuses on conducting and disseminating strengths-based youth substance use and HIV prevention research.
- Social Gerontology and Health LabThe lab is researching how partner disability and suffering affect older adult caregivers' health and seeks ways to minimize the negative consequences of caregiving.
- The Schwartz LabWe study how cells coordinate to form mechanically stable, functional three-dimensional tissues and organisms, aiming to relate our basic discoveries in cell biology to human disease and its treatment.
- Statistical Methods in Psychiatry and Related Fields: Longitudinal, Clustered and Other Repeated Measures DataThe book, together with the online materials, is a valuable resource aimed at promoting the use of appropriate statistical methods for the analysis of repeated measures data.
- Translational Research in MalariaProfessor Parikh's research interests focus on translational studies of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Trauma and Mental Health (TMH) LabWe focused on understanding the long-term psychological consequences of a range of potentially traumatic events.
- Vasilis Vasiliou LabThe lab investigates the etiologies and molecular mechanisms of environmentally-induced human diseases, such as liver disease, obesity & diabetes, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases.
- Weinberger LabOur research focuses on the mechanisms driving the observed epidemiological patterns of respiratory infections, particularly pneumococcal disease and RSV.
- Global Health Justice Partnership (GHJP)GHJP promotes interdisciplinary, innovative, and effective responses to key problems in health justice.
- Yale Cancer Center (YCC)The Center provides the best approaches for the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA)CIRA provides HIV-related resources, skills, services, training, and professional networking opportunities to HIV researchers and practitioners who can contribute to advances in HIV prevention and treatment.
- Center for Neuroepidemiology and Clinical Neurological Research (CNE2)CNE2 is comprised of researchers across Yale schools who have common and complementary research and methodological interests in clinical neurological research.
- CT Emerging Infections Program (EIP)The goals of the program are to assess the public health impact of emerging and re-emerging infections and to evaluate methods for their prevention and control.
- Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH)YIGH serves as the focal point for research, education, and engagement with global partners to improve the health of individuals and populations worldwide.
- Yale-UPR Integrated HIV Basic and Clinical Sciences InitiativeThis collaboration between Yale and UPR allows a deep engagement in research, training, and service in response to HIH, HCV, and tuberculosis.