https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/ysph/news-rss/?keywordId=107&orgId=109082&title=Grant+News A selection of the latest research, academic, and other newsworthy developments at Yale School of Public Health en-us Copyright 2026 Yale School of Medicine Sat, 16 May 2026 21:13:33 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-school-of-public-healths-pophive-project-will-expand-health-data-access-thanks-to-major-grant/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-school-of-public-healths-pophive-project-will-expand-health-data-access-thanks-to-major-grant/ The support will advance PopHIVE’s efforts to integrate public and private health data sources for a variety of health conditions. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 05:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/new-ysph-pilot-grants-aim-to-support-innovative-interdisciplinary-research/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/new-ysph-pilot-grants-aim-to-support-innovative-interdisciplinary-research/ The Yale School of Public Health recently launched its inaugural Transformational Pilot Funding grants, providing internal seed money to empower faculty to pursue ambitious, cross-disciplinary studies that have the potential to transform health outcomes locally and globally. Mon, 21 Jul 2025 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-professors-awarded-dollar19-million-grant-for-gene-expression-research/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-professors-awarded-dollar19-million-grant-for-gene-expression-research/ Two distinguished Yale professors, Dr. Hongyu Zhao, PhD, and Dr. Mark Gerstein, PhD, have been awarded a $1.9 million grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to advance the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) project. This landmark initiative aims to unravel the complexities of gene expression patterns across developmental stages, providing critical insights into genetic influences on health and disease. Wed, 09 Oct 2024 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/new-yale-grants-support-innovative-yale-hbcu-research-partnerships/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/new-yale-grants-support-innovative-yale-hbcu-research-partnerships/ Two Yale School of Public Health faculty members – Dr. Ijeoma Opara, PhD, associate professor of public health; and Dr. Trace Kershaw, PhD, department chair and Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health – are partnering with faculty from two historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as part of a new research grant program instituted in the spring by Yale University. Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/ysph-researchers-launch-major-initiative-to-improve-hiv-outbreak-detection-among-people-who-use-drugs/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/ysph-researchers-launch-major-initiative-to-improve-hiv-outbreak-detection-among-people-who-use-drugs/ A YSPH-led research team is investigating innovative new ways to identify and mitigate outbreaks of HIV among people who use drugs. Tue, 17 Sep 2024 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-researchers-awarded-dollar206m-grant-for-wide-ranging-study-of-mental-illness/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-researchers-awarded-dollar206m-grant-for-wide-ranging-study-of-mental-illness/ Scientists from Yale School of Medicine, Yale School of Public Health, and Yale's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences have been awarded a $20.6 million federal grant for a five-year study of people with a wide range of mental illnesses. Thu, 29 Aug 2024 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-scientists-aims-to-achieve-better-understanding-of-molecular-effects-of-alcohol-use-disorder-on-brain/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-scientists-aims-to-achieve-better-understanding-of-molecular-effects-of-alcohol-use-disorder-on-brain/ New research led by three Yale School of Medicine scientists aims to achieve better understanding of the molecular effects of alcohol use disorder (AUD) on certain regions of the brain. Fri, 19 Jul 2024 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/cheung-receives-nih-grant-to-research-water-pollution-and-human-health/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/cheung-receives-nih-grant-to-research-water-pollution-and-human-health/ Kei-Hoi Cheung, PhD, has been awarded a grant by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to research environmental health data and drinking water contamination using AI methods. Wed, 15 May 2024 14:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-research-team-awarded-dollar4-million-grant-to-evaluate-new-immunizations-for-infant-rsv/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-research-team-awarded-dollar4-million-grant-to-evaluate-new-immunizations-for-infant-rsv/ A multidisciplinary team of Yale scientists has received a $4-million federal grant to study the effectiveness of a new vaccine and monoclonal antibody shot designed to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants. Mon, 01 Apr 2024 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/perez-escamilla-receives-dollar400k-grant-to-study-novel-intervention-for-people-with-type-2-diabetes/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/perez-escamilla-receives-dollar400k-grant-to-study-novel-intervention-for-people-with-type-2-diabetes/ Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, professor of public health (social & behavioral sciences) at the Yale School of Public Health, has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the American Heart Association to study how a novel produce-prescription program might improve the health of Hispanic people in Hartford, Connecticut, with type 2 diabetes. Wed, 24 Jan 2024 05:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/dollar12-million-grant-boosts-ysph-students-work-assisting-human-trafficking-victims/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/dollar12-million-grant-boosts-ysph-students-work-assisting-human-trafficking-victims/ Nathan Earl ’24, a student in the Yale School of Public Health’s Executive MPH program and an anti-human trafficking advocate, was a collaborator on a recent joint $1.2 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice. Wed, 06 Dec 2023 05:00:00 Z https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/grand_ave_grant/ https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/grand_ave_grant/ Roughly $10 million in federal aid will flow to the New Haven area over the next five years to help municipal health departments take a regional approach in combating the opioid epidemic. YSPH Professor Robert Heimer is helping to lead the effort. Tue, 21 Nov 2023 20:00:00 Z https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/11/13/empowering-recovery-yale-researchers-awarded-7-million-to-research-opioid-use/ https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/11/13/empowering-recovery-yale-researchers-awarded-7-million-to-research-opioid-use/ A new Yale-led project seeks to study treatment retention for women facing intimate partner violence and opioid use disorder. Mon, 13 Nov 2023 05:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/nida-invests-nearly-dollar7m-to-address-the-opioid-crisis-among-women-who-experience-intimate-partner-violence/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/nida-invests-nearly-dollar7m-to-address-the-opioid-crisis-among-women-who-experience-intimate-partner-violence/ The National Institutes of Health and National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded nearly $7 million to MPIs Tami Sullivan, PhD (Psychiatry and Public Health); E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, MHS (Internal Medicine and Public Health); and Dawn Johnson, PhD (University of Akron Department of Psychology) to study medication for opioid use disorder treatment retention among women who experience intimate partner violence. Fri, 27 Oct 2023 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/dollar4-million-grant-will-help-ysph-team-implement-new-lgbtq-mental-health-therapy/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/dollar4-million-grant-will-help-ysph-team-implement-new-lgbtq-mental-health-therapy/ Professor John Pachankis has received a nearly $4 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to implement LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive behavioral therapy in 90 LGBTQ community centers nationwide. Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/opara-receives-dollar35-million-grant-to-curb-urban-drug-use-involve-youth-in-research/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/opara-receives-dollar35-million-grant-to-curb-urban-drug-use-involve-youth-in-research/ Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor Ijeoma Opara has received the NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) Racial Equity Visionary Award. The award is a NIDA DP1 grant for $3.5 million over five years that will allow her to work within predominantly urban neighborhoods to curb substance use among racial/ethnic minorities. Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/grant-supports-development-of-novel-noninvasive-test-for-malaria/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/grant-supports-development-of-novel-noninvasive-test-for-malaria/ A research team co-led by Yale School of Public Health professor Dr. Sunil Parikh, MD, MPH, has received $500,000 in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to continue the development of an innovative noninvasive test for malaria using lasers and ultrasound. Thu, 27 Jul 2023 17:00:00 Z https://medicine.yale.edu/ysph/about-school-of-public-health/communications-public-relations/publications/public-health-magazine/article/shining-a-light-on-als/ https://medicine.yale.edu/ysph/about-school-of-public-health/communications-public-relations/publications/public-health-magazine/article/shining-a-light-on-als/ The ALS Association has awarded Assistant Professor Chelsey R. Carter and Associate Professor Joan K. Monin $50,000 in funding to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Fri, 05 May 2023 04:00:00 Z https://rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/news/april-10-2023-li-receives-new-pcori-award-to-develop-causal-inference-methods-for-stepped-wedge-cluster-randomized-trials/ https://rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/news/april-10-2023-li-receives-new-pcori-award-to-develop-causal-inference-methods-for-stepped-wedge-cluster-randomized-trials/ Dr. Fan Li, an assistant professor of biostatistics at the Yale School of Public Health, has received approval of a 3-year funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to develop causal inference methods for stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials—a design that has been increasingly adopted in pragmatic trials. Mon, 10 Apr 2023 04:00:00 Z https://www.massbio.org/news/member-news/national-institutes-of-health-awards-600k-sbir-grant-to-kephera-diagnostics-for-a-test-for-hookworm-infection/ https://www.massbio.org/news/member-news/national-institutes-of-health-awards-600k-sbir-grant-to-kephera-diagnostics-for-a-test-for-hookworm-infection/ Kephera Diagnostics has won a $600,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an antibody-based test for hookworm infection. A lab at the Yale School of Public Health is collaborating on the project. Mon, 27 Mar 2023 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-biostatistics-researcher-awarded-dollar13-million-grant-to-study-glioma-brain-tumors/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-biostatistics-researcher-awarded-dollar13-million-grant-to-study-glioma-brain-tumors/ A team of scientists led by Dr. Elizabeth B. Claus, professor of biostatistics at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) and an attending neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, recently received a $13 million grant to help answer these questions by investigating the molecular evolution of lower-grade gliomas. Wed, 11 Jan 2023 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/irwin-receives-7-million-grant-to-investigate-healthy-interventions-for-ovarian-cancer-patients/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/irwin-receives-7-million-grant-to-investigate-healthy-interventions-for-ovarian-cancer-patients/ Yale School of Public Health Associate Dean of Research and Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology Melinda Irwin, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been awarded a five-year, $7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to explore how nutrition and exercise interventions can improve chemotherapy outcomes and reduce toxicity for women with ovarian cancer. Wed, 16 Mar 2022 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/ysph-grant-awards-top-60-million-in-fiscal-2021/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/ysph-grant-awards-top-60-million-in-fiscal-2021/ Faculty at the Yale School of Public Health were awarded more than $60 million in research grants in the 2021 fiscal year, further powering the school’s leadership in major science areas. Fri, 11 Feb 2022 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/13-million-grant-to-study-malignant-brain-tumors-awarded-to-ysph-researcher/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/13-million-grant-to-study-malignant-brain-tumors-awarded-to-ysph-researcher/ A team of scientists led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health has received a $13 million grant to investigate the molecular evolution of lower grade gliomas, slow growing but malignant brain tumors that primarily affect young adults. Tue, 02 Nov 2021 04:00:00 Z https://rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/news/august-26-2021-li-receives-pcori-award-to-study-methods-for-cluster-randomized-trials/ https://rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/news/august-26-2021-li-receives-pcori-award-to-study-methods-for-cluster-randomized-trials/ Dr. Fan Li, an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Yale School of Public Health, and a longtime member of the NIH Collaboratory’s Biostatistics and Study Design Core, has received approval for a $1 million grant award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to develop new methods and software for designing parallel and stepped wedge cluster randomized trials. Fri, 10 Sep 2021 04:00:00 Z https://westcampus.yale.edu/news/85m-federal-grant-aims-big-impact-small-molecules-gut https://westcampus.yale.edu/news/85m-federal-grant-aims-big-impact-small-molecules-gut Yale researchers across a range of disciplines are coming together to explore the important role of microbial metabolites in our microbiota—the trillions of bacterial cells that colonize our intestines. Mon, 07 Jun 2021 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/ysph-grant-to-train-health-professionals-in-china-in-bioethics-renewed/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/ysph-grant-to-train-health-professionals-in-china-in-bioethics-renewed/ A School of Public Health program that trains future generations of public health researchers in China has been awarded a grant renewal of $1.25 million from the Fogarty International Center, of the National Institutes of Health, to continue its work. Tue, 13 Jun 2017 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/hiv-aids-training-program-for-young-scientists-refunded/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/hiv-aids-training-program-for-young-scientists-refunded/ A training program at Yale that prepares the next generation of scientists specializing in HIV prevention research will continue through its twentieth anniversary with a $2.5 million federal grant. Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-training-in-urban-health-issues-enhanced-with-grant/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-training-in-urban-health-issues-enhanced-with-grant/ With a $4 million award from the National Institutes of Health, the Yale School of Public Health and three partnering universities will establish a Global Health Training Program to address health issues surrounding urbanization and social inequality. Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/ysph-leads-public-health-training-in-china/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/ysph-leads-public-health-training-in-china/ Nearly 100 researchers gathered in Chengdu City, China, in May for an advanced epidemiology and biostatistics workshop led by the Yale School of Public Health. Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-china-to-create-bioethics-training-program/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-china-to-create-bioethics-training-program/ Yale University will further its ongoing scientific relationship with China through a newly awarded grant that allows for the development of a bioethics research training program at one of the country’s major medical universities. Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/chinese-delegation-visits-yale-to-discuss-landmark-health-study/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/chinese-delegation-visits-yale-to-discuss-landmark-health-study/ A delegation of Chinese health officials, political leaders and executives arrived at Yale a day late after a grueling 48-hour trip, but that did not derail a conference on controlling China’s rapidly increasing cancer rates and other serious public health problems. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:00:00 Z https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yalenci-training-program-renewed-for-five-years/ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yalenci-training-program-renewed-for-five-years/ A unique fellowship between the Yale School of Public Health and the National Cancer Institute has been renewed for another five years, giving students at YSPH the chance to pursue their Ph.D. degrees in Washington with access to mentors and research in both places. Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:00:00 Z