Latest News from Social and Behavioral Sciences

The Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale University addresses the crisis in U.S. health care costs.

Two senior undergraduate students at Yale, each of whom conducted extensive research in labs at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH), were recent recipients of prestigious awards for postgraduate study.

Food as medicine programs prescribe fruits and vegetables to prevent and treat chronic diseases, reduce food insecurity, and cut long-term healthcare costs — and research shows they work.

The YSPH community came together on May 13th to recognize faculty and staff excellence, and to unveil its new ceremonial mace.

Emma Bebarta, MPH ’26 , is a graduating student in Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Robert Pietrzak, PhD, MPH, professor of psychiatry and of public health (social and behavioral sciences), has been selected to receive the 2026 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) Robert S. Laufer Memorial Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement.

Aging does not mean inevitable decline, new YSPH research suggests – and having a optimistic outlook can even bring improvements.

Public Health Day highlighted Yale School of Public Health’s commitment to reaching the next generation of potential public health leaders before they have chosen a path and showing them what the field looks like up close.

“What are you going to do when you go back?” It’s the question that set Jeannette Ickovics, PhD, a faculty affiliate at the Yale Institute of Global Health (YIGH), on a new trajectory toward global climate and health. After nearly five years at Yale-NUS College in Singapore, first as a visiting professor and later as dean of faculty, Ickovics found herself reflecting on what the next phase of her career might look like upon returning to New Haven.