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AI and machine learning are shaping research and patient care at Yale one algorithm at a time, from medical imaging to predictive models.

“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should,” said Jeff Goldblum in his role as mathematician Ian Malcolm in the movie Jurassic Park. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (or AI as it’s colloquially known) have some..

In early March, the Tietjen Lab offices on Amistad Street and Cedar Street were closed amid the COVID-19 lockdown, and the staff of 10 people began working from home. Greg Tietjen, PhD, assistant professor of surgery (transplant), bridges the disciplines of biophysics, bioengineering, and..

Geospatial information experts at Yale joined forces to create data maps showing the impact of COVID-19 in Connecticut on a state and town level.

In March 2020, COVID-19 led Yale University to close the campus and forced the Yale School of Medicine MD and Physician Associate (PA) programs to shift to online didactic classes and pause clinical rotations. With COVID-19 continuing to prevent many in-person learning experiences, the PA and MD..

As telemedicine transitioned from optional to essential in the spring of 2020, Yale School of Medicine became an early leader in the field. Telemedicine was already an appealing option due to transportation costs and delays; illness or injury; and the risk of new infections.

Combining fMRI with calcium imaging gives scientists a new way to monitor the brain in real time, offering many avenues for studying neural diseases.

Before the pandemic struck, David Cole and his wife, Donna, traveled to the West Haven Veterans Medical Center for a routine visit. Cole, a retired Vietnam veteran, is wheelchair bound.

In August 2006, John Colberg, MD, HS ’90, used a surgical robot for the first time at Yale to remove a patient’s prostate. With its camera and mechanical arms and hands that swivel 360 degrees, the machine offered unprecedented access, dexterity, and visibility.

When one contemplates service during the Vietnam War, many different images likely come to mind. Infantrymen patrolling in a thick jungle or carrying their rifles above their heads through rice paddies; helicopters flying overhead, like in Apocalypse Now.

Halfway through his urology residency David Mulligan, MD, professor of surgery and division chair of transplantation and immunology, assisted surgeons during a liver transplant operation. He was fascinated by the rigorous detective work the field requires, drawing from many areas of medicine,..

Over the past 11 months, Paul Rothman, MD ’84, has been extremely busy. Not that he wasn’t busy previously—but since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, he has been working even harder to ensure that his institution fulfills its obligations to patients, the community, staff members, and students.

F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE, loves medical research, and he is on a mission to get others to appreciate it too.

By Rhea Hirshman

Technology is transforming how physicians and scientists approach clinical challenges and research through imaging, virtual reality, and interventions that no longer require human eyes and hands. Dean Nancy J.

People have been using virtual communication for centuries to get things done. Before handwritten letters, there were couriers who committed messages to memory.