Pediatrics: Weekly Events Digest

An annual workshop featuring subspecialty POCUS experts where hands-on teaching is prioritized. Now featuring dedicated tracks for novices, neonatologists, and those looking to learn how to provide ultrasound-guided regional analgesia.

Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) is hosting a diaper drive to benefit The Diaper Bank of Connecticut, leading up to a day of service at the diaper bank warehouse in late May.

Diapers and period products will be collected from May 8–29, 2026. Donations can be dropped off during business hours on Monday through Friday, at the YCSC business office on the ground floor of NIHB (230 South Frontage Road) or the break room at 350 George Street.

The diaper bank works to bring basic health needs—including 75,000 diapers each week—to low-income individuals who live in Connecticut and are struggling to make ends meet. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, one in three Connecticut families couldn’t afford enough diapers for their infants and toddlers, and the need has skyrocketed over the past year.

Without an adequate supply of clean diapers, babies are more likely to suffer from diaper rash, urinary tract infections, and other medical problems. Diaper need also forces parents and caregivers to miss school and work, making it harder to break the cycle of poverty. No one should have to worry about affording these basic needs.

Since its founding in 2004, The Diaper Bank of Connecticut has become a model for diaper banks nationwide. They now distribute period supplies and incontinence products to those in need, but their signature program continues to focus on the distribution of infant and toddler diapers to low-income families in Connecticut. They distribute diapers through strategic partnerships with more than 60 community-based agencies throughout the state, including YCSC. The diaper bank provides diapers to agencies and programs who then distribute them to clients. Monetary donations can be made via https://thediaperbank.org/donate/.

Texting code for today's session: 54832 to 203-442-9435

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This webinar brings together leaders from academic medical centers for a candid conversation on how artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to support student feedback, build AI literacy across undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education, and continuing medical education, and strengthen clinical reasoning skills.

This moderated roundtable will explore real‑world approaches—including using AI as a thought partner rather than an answer engine—along with lessons learned, guardrails for responsible use, and emerging questions institutions are navigating together. The discussion will feature distinguished guests from Mt. Sinai, Stanford, and University of Washington.

Please join us on Tuesday, May 19, at 4 p.m., in the Mary S. Harkness Auditorium for the eighth annual Perspectives of Women in Science Lectureship hosted by the MD-PhD Program and the Office of the Dean of Yale School of Medicine. This event highlights the unique perspectives of women scientists who discuss the personal and professional opportunities and challenges that shaped their paths to a successful research career.

We are excited to welcome Marina Picciotto, PhD, who will deliver this year’s lecture, “Rewarding Neuroscience: Looking Back on Mentorship and Research into Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Addiction.”

Dr. Picciotto is the Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry, and professor in the Child Study Center, of neuroscience, and of pharmacology. She holds several leadership positions at Yale, including director of the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program; deputy director of the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience; and is deputy chair for basic science research and director of the Division of Molecular Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry. Her research investigates the neurobiology of psychiatric illness, with expertise in molecular and translational neuroscience, behavioral pharmacology, and mouse genetics. Dr. Picciotto has won numerous awards, including the Carnegie Prize in Mind and Brian Sciences and the Langley Award. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine and is president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Picciotto earned her BS in biology from Stanford University, her PhD in molecular neurobiology at The Rockefeller University, and completed her postdoctoral training at the Institut Pasteur.

A reception in the Harkness Auditorium lobby will follow the lecture. Click here to RSVP. We invite all members of our community to join us.

Pediatric Tumor Board / NHL & Leukemia Conference

Thursdays (recurring weekly), 4:00pm – 5:00pm

To join the Zoom Meeting, contact: keiana.fox@yale.edu