Global wildlife trade raising risk of animal diseases spilling over to humans. Yale School of Public Health. Photo of birds in cages.
“Wildlife trade has been affecting our health much faster and for much longer than we thought.” - Colin Carlson
Read more: https://m.yale.edu/dhcv
Yale School of Public Health National Public Health Week 2026 Ready Set Action! Events April 6-12 Monday, April 6 9:00 - 12:00 PM Demystifying Selection Bias Workshop with DSDE 12:15 - 12:45 PM Ready. Set. Action! Public Health Information without Paywalls with Librarian Kate Nyhan Tuesday, April 7 star graphic Community Leadership 10:15 - 11:30 AM BIS Seminar - Colin White Memorial Lecture: "Using Data to Inform Population Health: Bridging Causal Inference, Artificial Intelligence, and Statistical Foundations” with Dr. Elizabeth Stuart 3:00 - 4:00 PM Careers in Public Health Data Science: A Panel Discussion 6:00 - 8:00 PM “Death by Numbers” Documentary Film Screening with the Firearm Injury Prevention Center Learn about our work with community leaders Popular author Angie Thomas shares the power of storytelling with New Haven students at Yale School of Public Health event Khushi Baby looks ahead after a decade of impact in India The SASH Lab at Yale Summer Research Program allows teens to explore public health, data science, and substance use prevention Documentary highlights mental health benefits of social connections Wednesday, April 8 star graphic Scientific Advancement 9:00 - 3:30 PM 2026 Autism Conference at Yale: “Advances in Understanding Neurodevelopmental Conditions in Infancy & Early Childhood” 1:00 - 2:00 PM Unwind and Reflect with SAYPH 3:00 - 4:00 PM CMIPS Seminar: “Harnessing Implementation Science to Achieve the Promise of Scientific Discovery for All” with Dr. Rinad Beidas Learn about scientific advancements happening at YSPH right now Translating science: Working with communities to turn evidence into action Latest YSPH research advances YSPH study provides new insights into colorectal cancer Thursday, April 9 star graphic Government Partnerships 9:00 - 9:50 AM Leaders in Public Health with Mr. Chris Klomp, Director of Medicare and Deputy Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Learn about partnerships between YSPH & state governments Thinking beyond the possible: How YSPH is shaping public health policy From classroom to State Capitol: Students influence state's aging policy YSPH’s Drs. Debra Houry and Katelyn Jetelina join California for launch of Public Health Network Innovation Exchange Friday, April 10 star graphic You Partner With Public Health 12:00 - 12:45 PM Alumni Insights Panel: Navigating a New Workplace sponsored by the Career Management Center Learn about a few YSPH community members moving public health forward Yale School of Public Health alum Jackson Higginbottom, MPH ’20, now works full-time at YSPH — while also running a free medical clinic in his home state of Oklahoma. How YSPH student Dr. Nora Al-Roub, MD, MPH ’26, is fostering trust through literacy YSPH epidemiologist Dr. Amy Bei is pursuing a radical new approach to fighting malaria Saturday, April 11 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Public Health Day with the Office of Community & Practice and Office of New Haven Affairs’ Pathways to Science Initiative (invite only) 7:00 – 10:00 PM Student Formal at the Peabody Museum (Ticketed event, invite only)
Next week is the best week of the year. Yes, even better than Shark Week. April 6-12 is National Public Health Week.
Check out all the National Public Health Week happenings at Yale School of Public Health: https://ow.ly/aZbV50YBOe5
Pope Leo on Palm Sunday: “This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood’ (Is 1:15).”
Black-and-white close-up portrait photograph of Yvonne Barr, the Australian-born virologist who co-discovered the Epstein-Barr virus in 1964. She is shown from the shoulders up against a brick wall background, wearing a short-sleeved polka-dot dress and dangling earrings, with short dark hair. She is turned slightly to her right, gazing off-camera with her mouth parted as if in mid-conversation.
#OTD in 1964, Yvonne Barr co-discovered the Epstein-Barr virus, the first known 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 tumor virus.
She cultured the cell lines that allowed the virus be seen. Proving viruses cause human cancer is "one of the 20th century's most significant scientific discoveries."
#WomenInSTEM #WomensHistoryMonth
“Aside from science, I think of it as a great lesson for us humans,” he said. “At least in the most vulnerable times, it’s nice to stick with each other and help each other rather than being against each other.”
"GenAI is different...Until recently, any journal article you read would represent the outcome of months or years of deep, challenging thought by the humans on the other side of the page, painstakingly transcribed into coherent prose for your consumption. No more."
“African public health systems could become upstream suppliers of biological information, while the downstream benefits — intellectual property, pharmaceutical manufacturing and commercial profits — remain concentrated in wealthier countries.”
For those who don't know the history of the Iditarod, it was started in 1973 to honor the dogs and mushers who brought diphtheria antitoxin to Nome by dogsled in 1925. The great serum run saved untold numbers of people, the last of whom died just this year.
youtu.be/hVZi20mP6IU?...
If you want to join a team making pathogen sequencing and analysis for public health, surveillance, and research more accessible, more equitable and more ✨awesome✨ - look no further - come join us on this mission at ARTIC!
#openscience #opendata #opensource
Pediatricians across the U.S. are contending with a sharp rise in vaccine hesitancy. They are trying to do what is best for children’s health while staying sensitive and supportive, even as they bear the brunt of parents’ mistrust and confusion.
A new Annenberg poll shows Americans trust federal career scientists and independent medical groups more than in the political leaders running U.S. health agencies
www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/stark-divide...
In today's good news a single dose drug for sleeping sickness that could completely change the elimination game. Dare I hope for eradication!
Acoziborole administered as a single oral dose was ~95% effective across both early and late-stage disease in RCTs.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Cover of The Lancet, 28 February 2026 issue. The quote: “The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm.”
On the cover of The Lancet:
Editorial — “Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure”
Read the latest issue: spkl.io/63327Aa31W
Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Mine in this week’s @newyorker.com
"With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others - or, in a word, partnership" - Dr. Paul Farmer
As we remember Paul Farmer's legacy we recognize the power of collaboration in transforming health care systems.🧡
The return of measles will mean the return of SSPE.
If you don't know what that is, read this. www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles...
“…the impact is particularly striking at such scientist-rich agencies as the National Science Foundation (NSF). But across the government, these departing Ph.D.s took with them a wealth of subject matter expertise and knowledge about how the agencies operate.”
Aleksei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison two years ago, was most likely poisoned by a toxin found in a South American frog, the Foreign Ministries of Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said on Saturday in a joint statement.
Even as senior Trump officials cut vital foreign aid programs — in one case celebrating with cake afterward — they had been repeatedly warned that people would die.
Join ProPublica journalists for a conversation about the dismantling of USAID.
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"...all USAID partners in Africa that supported ministries of health to work on neglected tropical diseases have fired staff and closed offices. The Trump administration’s new global health strategy does not mention these diseases. Yet these programs meet many criteria highlighted in that strategy."
My department at Washington State University is recruiting an Assistant or Associate Professor in vector-borne disease 🕷️🦟🦠
Full job description is linked below.
Come join us on the Palouse!
If I were a blue state governor, I’d be looking into adding a bunch of tenure lines at my state schools.
I know that seems like “kick ‘em when they’re down,” but it’s more like “let academics who can escape to where they can do real work.”
Builds up your own schools AND protect US academic output.
Color photograph of Joan Steitz (Joan Argetsinger Steitz), the distinguished American molecular biologist and biochemist renowned for her groundbreaking discoveries in RNA biology, including the identification of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) essential to RNA splicing. She is pictured in a close-up portrait within a laboratory or research setting, smiling warmly and directly at the camera with an engaging, approachable expression that conveys enthusiasm and expertise. Steitz has gray hair pulled back, striking blue eyes, and is wearing large, elaborate dangling earrings adorned with purple gemstones and metallic accents. She is dressed in a rich purple blouse. The softly blurred background includes scientific elements such as lab benches, equipment, monitors, charts, and partial signage, evoking the environment of her long career at Yale University where she served as Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. #JoanSteitz #MolecularBiology #WomenInScience #Biochemistry #RNA
Biochemist/molecular biologist Joan Steitz was born #OTD in 1941.
She (& team) figured out how our cells read/use genetic instructions to make proteins. A key person who helped crack the code on RNA—the molecule that acts like a messenger between DNA & and the proteins our bodies need. #WomenInSTEM
That exodus…represents 14% of the total number of Ph.D.s in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) or health fields employed at the end of 2024 as then-President Joe Biden prepared to leave office.
They could have gone after guns
They chose to go after vaccines
One kills children while the other saves them
Alex Pretti - who DHS labeled a domestic terrorist - honoring a veteran that passed away in the ICU.
