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The Office of Health Equity Research (OHER) at Yale School of Medicine is pleased to announce the successful completion of the Community Health Equity Accelerator's (CHEA) first-cycle initiative to address pediatric asthma disparities in New Haven. The project, carried out by a community-academic partnered research team from the Hispanic Federation of Connecticut, Yale Pediatrics Sections of General Pediatrics and Pulmonology, Allergy, Immunology and Sleep Medicine, and Fair Haven Community Health Center, alongside legal partners at the Center for Children’s Advocacy, has demonstrated meaningful results and established a replicable model for community-based asthma care.
- April 27, 2026
The Yale Department of Internal Medicine recognized 56 staff members for service anniversaries, ranging from five to 30 years.
- January 31, 2026
The Office of Health Equity Research (OHER) is pleased to announce the recipients and finalists of the 2025 OHER Awards for Yale Research Excellence.
- December 17, 2025
YSM spoke with Marcella Nunez-Smith about a new Connecticut Health Foundation initiative to promote maternal health equity in Connecticut.
- December 01, 2025
Community-based interventions—in churches, barbershops, and community centers, and more— have emerged as a powerful tool in the fight against hypertension.
- September 23, 2025
The Office of Health Equity Research (OHER) is excited to announce it has awarded funds to address disparities in cancer screening rates in New Haven to a coalition of community and academic partners through its Community Health Equity Accelerator initiative. Led by general internist Ilana Richman, MD, MHS, a community-academic partnered research team of staff, practitioners, and faculty from Cornell Scott Hill Health Center and Yale School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine will receive a pilot award to develop and implement a multilevel community-based intervention to increase completion of outstanding colorectal cancer screening orders. This research is supported by funding from the Yale Cancer Center.
- May 19, 2025
The Office of Health Equity Research launched the Community Health Equity Accelerator (CHEA) initiative to unite leaders across sectors to test rapid-cycle interventions tackling community-identified priority issues in New Haven. OHER is thrilled to launch a pilot award cycle focused on breast and colorectal cancer screening, funded by the Yale Cancer Center.
- January 31, 2025
The Office of Health Equity Research (OHER) is pleased to announce the recipients and finalists of the 2024 OHER Awards for Yale Research Excellence.
- January 20, 2025Source: Yale Daily News
The News spoke with Yale experts about the U.S. Surgeon General’s recommendations for raising awareness about alcohol’s cancer risk. YSPH Professor Vasilis Vasiliou comments.
- October 22, 2024
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, racial outcome disparities emerged. In the first year, for example, Black and Hispanic patients were far likelier to die than white patients were. Yet a bright spot occurred at Yale. Not only was the mortality rate throughout Yale New Haven Health in the pandemic’s first two years lower than the national average, but also no race-based survival differences occurred among discharged patients.