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On May 15, 2026, Yale Cancer Center (YCC) and the Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC) Office hosted the Ninth Annual YCC Trainee Research Colloquium, bringing together trainees, faculty, staff, and institutional partners to celebrate the outstanding cancer research being conducted across Yale.
- May 26, 2026Source: Yale News
In a Q&A, Yale cancer scientist Luisa Escobar-Hoyos explains the challenges within pancreatic cancer treatment—and how patient outcomes can be improved.
- May 25, 2026
Yale’s esteemed professor pried open doors once shut to women, leaving a legacy of advocacy and breakthrough science.
- May 18, 2026Source: WTNH-TV Online (with Dr. Ranjit Bindra)
In today’s Yale Health headlines, May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month. It’s a condition that impacts many families, often taking loved ones much too soon. Now it’s about raising awareness, new developments, and making connections.
- May 02, 2026Source: Cancer Network (with Henry Park, MD)
In observance of Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month in April, RadOnc on the Run host Brandon Mancini, MD, MBA, FACRO, spoke with Henry S. Park, MD, MPH, about the past, present, and future of radiotherapy as a tool for managing different head and neck malignancies.
- April 23, 2026
Yale Cancer Center faculty and trainees joined over 22,000 cancer researchers from around the world to share the latest advances in cancer science and medicine earlier this week in San Diego for the 117th American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting.
- April 23, 2026
David Stitelman, MD, has received funding from the Cystic Fibrosis Research Institute to advance his collaborative research on a novel fetal therapy approach for cystic fibrosis. Working with colleagues across pediatric pulmonology, biomedical engineering, and gene editing, his team is developing nanoparticle-based strategies to deliver gene therapies before birth—aimed at preventing organ damage that begins in utero. By combining mRNA delivery and high-fidelity gene editing, this work has the potential to move toward a one-time treatment for cystic fibrosis and establish a new paradigm for treating genetic diseases before birth.
- March 27, 2026Source: Yale News
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected five members of the Yale community as part of its latest class of fellows.
- March 26, 2026Source: CASE
The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE), announces the election of thirty-six of Connecticut’s leading experts in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine to membership in the Academy. The new members will be introduced at the Academy’s 51st Annual Dinner to be held at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville on May 19, 2026.
- March 24, 2026
On Friday, March 20th, the Precision Medicine in Cancer Program at Yale Cancer Center hosted a day long workshop focused on real-world applications of AI across the cancer care continuum, from bench to clinical implementation to population health.