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This series spotlights the amazing students in the YSPH Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (EMD) program. This month, we are focusing on students who are conducting vaccine-related research. Here, 3rd year PhD candidate Natasha Turyasingura tells us about the program and some of her exciting research in a Q&A format.

Yale researchers say that nasal application of neomycin shows promise in the prevention and treatment of respiratory viral infections.

Akiko Iwasaki and Priyamvada Natarajan are part of 2024’s Time 100, a list that includes leaders of government, the arts, athletics, science, and industry.

Women's Health Research at Yale Investigator Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, has been named to the TIME100, TIME Magazine's annual list of the most influential people of the year from around the world.

Instead of drugs that must be taken daily, scientists are closing in on longer-acting alternatives — perhaps even a future in which H.I.V. may require attention just twice a year, inconceivable in the darkest decades of the epidemic. Featuring Yale School of Public Health's Gregg Gonsalves.

Nearly 200 people attended the Yale Institute for Global Health’s (YIGH) inaugural Global Health Symposium on April 5. The day-long event featured opportunities to learn about YIGH programs, including seed grants, faculty networks, and fellowship opportunities for students. There was also a session on how to navigate Yale's policies to support global health programs, and lightning talks on a wide variety of faculty and student initiatives in global health.

This series spotlights the amazing students in the YSPH Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (EMD) program. This month, we are focusing on students who are conducting vaccine-related research. Here, Alyssa Agarwal, BS ’24, MPH ’25, tells us about the program and some of her exciting research in a Q&A format.

This series spotlights the amazing students in the YSPH Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (EMD) program. This month focuses on students who are conducting vaccine-related research. Here, Mallory Ellingson Ph.D. 24’, tells us about the program and some of her exciting research in a Q&A format.

A Yale-led study finds that older adults who had contact with young children daily or every few days were six times more likely to carry the bacteria that causes pneumonia than older adults who had no contact with children.