Chronic Disease

A collection of recent journal publications from Yale School of Medicine researchers.

Growing up in Uzbekistan as the Soviet Union crumbled, Ruslan Medzhitov, PhD, was an aspiring biologist whose academic pursuits were nearly derailed by forced labor, military conscription near Chernobyl during its nuclear meltdown, and an attempted coup.

Gillian Griffiths, PhD, thinks of the collaboration between cell biology and clinical science as the “golden interface”—a place where researchers can harness the knowledge of both fields to generate groundbreaking discoveries.

By Mallory Locklear, PhD

In the 1970s, Yale School of Medicine helped establish emergency medical services in Connecticut, work that then inspired efforts at a national scale.

By Mallory Locklear, PhD

We spoke with Nancy J. Brown, MD, the Jean and David W. Wallace Dean of Yale School of Medicine and C.N.H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine, about how Yale School of Medicine researchers and clinicians are advancing discovery, educating students, and breaking down silos to address and prevent chronic disease.