Nancy J. Brown, MD, will be the first woman to serve as YSM’s dean. Brown is currently the Hugh Jackson Morgan Professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University. Her tenure begins February 1, 2020.
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- YSM's MD Class of 2022 has selected William Flanary, MD, as its speaker for Commencement. Known as @DGlaucomflecken on @twitter, Flanary, an ophthalmologist in Portland, Oregon, is a talented medical satirist and stand-up comedian. medicine.yale.edu/md-program/new…
- Nancy J. Brown, MD, officially took office Saturday as the 19th dean of Yale School of Medicine, succeeding Robert J. Alpern, MD, who had led the school since 2004. She is the first woman to lead the medical school in its 210-year history. medicine.yale.edu/news-article/2…
- Of @YaleCellBio and YSM, @dacolon has been awarded the Humboldt Prize. Colón-Ramos' lab has contributed greatly to how science understands fundamental aspects of the cell biology of synapses and behavior. @Yale
- Researchers, physicians, students, and anyone interested in keeping up to date on scientific, academic, epidemiological and medical advances on COVID-19 are encouraged to visit Yale University’s collaborative project at covid.yale.edu #coronavirus #covid19
- #Congratulations to @YaleIBIO and @YaleCII's @VirusesImmunity on making @Forbes’ “50 Over 50: Innovation” list! The honor is a recognition of her pioneering #research into the origins of #LongCOVID and other post-acute infection syndromes. #medtwitter
- A team led by @YaleIBIO’s @VirusesImmunity finds antibodies taken from long #COVID patients with pain sensitivity or #dizziness cause some of the same #symptoms in mice, in one of the first studies linking #longCOVID to #autoimmunity: brnw.ch/21wLzPz
- Yale researcher Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, says COVID-19 isn’t unique in its ability to leave behind post-viral illness after infection. Read the article in @TIME: bit.ly/3Hpc0HJ @VirusesImmunity @yaleIBIO
- Huge turnout at YSM’s Sterling Hall of Medicine for #WhiteCoatsForBlackLives—hundreds of people in person, and hundreds more via Zoom. Very positive energy for change.
- YSM's keynote speaker for 2023's Commencement will be Anthony Fauci, MD, director of @NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. @NIAIDNewsmedicine.yale.eduMD Class of 2023 Selects Dr. Anthony Fauci as Commencement SpeakerAnthony Fauci, MD
- YSM immunobiologist @virusesimmunity has been named to both the #TIME100 and TIME100 Health, two of @TIME’s lists of the most influential people of 2024. The honor recognizes her pioneering #research into post-acute #infection syndromes like #longCOVID. brnw.ch/21wJrnp
- Congratulations to @YaleIBIO’s @VirusesImmunity, who will receive the Else Kröner Fresenius #Prize for Medical #Research June 5 from @EKFStiftung recogonizing her #research into #longCOVID. buff.ly/3Mf6FVm
- Congratulations to @YaleIBIO’s @VirusesImmunity, who will be awarded the 2023 Connecticut Medal of #Science by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering on May 24th – a recognition of her groundbreaking work in #immune response and #vaccine design.
- YSM's @VirusesImmunity is one of two @Yale professors named to the #TIME100, @TIME’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world - a #recognition of her contributions to the global understanding of #longCOVID and post-acute #infection syndromes. time.com/6964230/akiko-…









