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The official Twitter feed for Yale School of Medicine, a world-renowned center for biomedical research, education, and health care founded in 1810.
Joined May 2009
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.
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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.
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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
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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 #coronavirus #covid19
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#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
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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:
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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: @VirusesImmunity @yaleIBIO.
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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.
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YSM's keynote speaker for 2023's Commencement will be Anthony Fauci, MD, director of @NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. @NIAIDNews
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"I hope to have made a reasonable contribution to the science that I love, and be known as a reasonable person." Sincere and heartfelt congratulations to Professor Joan Steitz on her eminently deserved lifetime achievement award from the Lasker Foundation!
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YSM’s @hmkyale and @VirusesImmunity are investigating the roots of #longCOVID using a unique #clinicaltrial design that lets participants from all over the U.S. join in from home:
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Wishing #physicians a prosperous and professionally satisfying #NationalDoctorsDay. For all the work you do on behalf our shared global community: we thank you! "Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity." -Hippocrates.
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At YSM's #Commencement ceremony yesterday, former @NIH director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, surprised the MD #classof2024 with a song. You can catch the whole performance on our YouTube channel:
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Across the country, medical schools are recognizing that to produce the best doctors, they must teach how race, gender, sexual orientation, poverty, and access to health care affect their patients’ health—as well as their own inherent biases.
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Congratulations to Yale School of Medicine's class of 2018—the largest class of doctors in the school's history. Here, graduates process from Old Campus to Amistad Park for the presentation of their degrees. Photo courtesy of Robert A. Lisak.
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In a new @AmJMed study, a team including @HMKYale and @VirusesImmunity say over one third of participants with #longCOVID report feeling “internal #tremors” that aren’t visible to the naked eye.
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According @YaleIBio's @RMedzhitov, our understanding of inflammation is incomplete. In a recent @ScienceMagazine article, he called for developing a new framework to describe the ubiquitous immunological response to injury, and its relationship to health.
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‘Long COVID’ study will examine vaccines’ effect on patient symptoms, via @HHMINEWS, with YSM's @VirusesImmunity
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A site co-founded by two @Yale researchers for sharing preliminary medical research called medRxiv (pronounced “med archive”) has become a leading source of scientific discovery related to the COVID-19 pandemic. @BritaYaleAlumni
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Since the pandemic began, @VirusesImmunity and her team have learned a lot about immunity to the virus by studying sex differences. “Age and sex are where immunological changes intersect,” she says.
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Rare cases of #myocarditis post-#COVID19 vaccine caused by generalized immune response – not #antibodies created by the #vaccine, researchers incl. @lucasite_lab,@VirusesImmunity and @InciYildirim11 say in @SciImmunology. @YalePediatrics @YaleEMD @YaleIBIO
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The National Women’s Hockey League (@NWHL) is working with @Yale to provide saliva-based COVID-19 testing for players and staff during the upcoming season and Isobel Cup playoffs in Lake Placid, New York. @YaleSPH @yalepathology
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Massive, repetitive stretches of DNA in the human genome may harbor hints about the onset of neurodegenerative disorders, per a @YaleIBIO study led by @taka_takehiro of @VirusesImmunity's lab, published this week in @NeuroCellPress.
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In a new study published in @SciImmunology, @VirusesImmunity and scientists including @ericsongg and @MiyuMoriyama found that intranasal vaccination provided broad-based protection against heterologous respiratory viruses in preliminary testing. @YaleIBio
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Pregnant women infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 are more likely to experience preterm births, pre-eclampsia, and other neonatal problems than non-infected women, according to research led by @ShelFarFar and @VirusesImmunity.
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Yale’s hospitals and clinics didn’t have enough COVID-19 tests. Veteran virologist Marie-Louise Landry created one—from scratch—in record time.
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In honor of all our doctors and doctors-to-be. Thanks for the hope you give us. #NationalDoctorsDay
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A team including @YaleIBIO's @VirusesImmunity reveals the role of B-1 #immune cells in suppressing ancient viral #DNA remnants and recognizing harmful #viruses, opening the door to broad-spectrum #antiviral therapies:
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This fall is the 100th anniversary of the 1st women admitted to Yale’s School of Medicine.
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Women who received mRNA vaccines against the COVID-19 virus did not produce more of an antibody theorized to reduce fertility, YSM researchers report in a new study published in @PLOSBiology. @VirusesImmunity @aliceluculligan @S_Tabachnikova @YaleIBio
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Great News! YSM's own Joan Steitz, PhD, of @SteitzLab, has been recognized with the Wolf Prize in Medicine. @WolfPrize_ #awards
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A simple RNA molecule jumpstarts the immune system’s “first responders” to viral infection and can even eradicate the SARS-CoV-2 virus in mice with chronic cases of COVID-19, a new Yale School of Medicine study finds. @VirusesImmunity .
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“#LongCOVID has taught the world that these #diseases are real. and we need to study them.” – Yale Center for #Infection and #Immunity founder @VirusesImmunity on the new center’s vital #research mission.
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@gregggonsalves @nytimes @DrDavidKatz @tomfriedman David Katz is not academically affiliated with Yale and has not held an academic appointment here since 2016.
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In a new @Nature study, a team of researchers at YSM, @JacksonLab, and @broadinstitute use generative #AI to create #DNA sequences never seen in nature. The synthetic sequences can selectively turn #genes “on” and “off” in targeted cell types:
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Why some brains appear able to handle stress better than others: neuroplasticity
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Check out Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith's (@ERIC_Yale) Instagram takeover of former First Lady @MichelleObama 's Instagram account today, where she answered questions about #COVID19 and the #vaccines available today.
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Ed isn't dead inside, thanks in no small part to his immune system. This article (which features the expert input of many excellent immunologists, including YSM's own @VirusesImmunity) explains why he continues to live and write (we hope for a long time on both counts).
The origin of this story is one of my colleagues asked for an immunity explainer, and I said, "GOD NO, have you any idea how complicated immunology is, that would kill me," but then I realized that I am already dead inside, and wrote the piece.
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"That antibodies decrease once an infection recedes isn’t a sign that they are failing: It’s a normal step in the usual course of an immune response," write @VirusesImmunity & @RMedzhitov (via @nytimes) .
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Congrats to all 123 students who matched with a residency program this year - the largest ever to match from #YaleSchoolOfMedicine! In this video, Associate Dean for Student Affairs Nancy Angoff takes you inside this fun and exciting event. #MatchDay2018 #YSMmatch
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Children and adults exhibit distinct immune system responses to infection by the virus that causes COVID-19, a finding that helps explain why outcomes tend to be much worse in adults, researchers from @Yale and @EinsteinMed report in @ScienceTM.
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"The first qualification for a physician is hopefulness." - James Little (1836-1885) #motivationmonday
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YSM researchers say a common #antibiotic may also help fight off #viral infections like #COVID & #flu. @VirusesImmunity and colleagues say nasal #neomycin application triggers an antiviral response that could help prevent viral infection or transmission.
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Great profile of @VirusesImmunity. In addition to being a scientific leader, Dr. Iwasaki is revered as a mentor, and embodies the collaborative, self-motivated, and essentially optimistic mindset students at YSM receive via the Yale System. @statnews
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Louise Whitman Farnam (by alpha order) - 1st woman admitted to @YaleMed. We've come far, but still further to go #InternationalWomensDay
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Congratulations to standout 4th-year student leader at YSM, innovative researcher, podcaster, and @HowardU graduate @MaxJordan_N on his selection to the @Forbes "30 Under 30 in Healthcare 2020."
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Developing antibodies has been the great long-term hope for ending the COVID-19 pandemic. However, they can be major culprits in severe cases of COVID-19, @Yale scientists including @VirusesImmunity report in the journal @Nature.
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"Medicine absorbs the physician's whole being because it is concerned w/ the entire human organism." -Johann von Goethe #MotivationMonday
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“Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity. ” ― Hippocrates #valentines
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Congratulations to the members of the Yale School of Medicine Physician Associate Class of 2020 who graduated today. The world desperately needs your talents and skills! @yalepaprogram
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"Abusers" and "addicts" are stigmatizing words for individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) They should be removed from Step 1 test prep materials, write Yale med students @zoe_m_adams, @LFitzsousa, and @MarinaGaeta1 in @JournalGIM.
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Max Jordan, a current YSM student, started a podcast, @FlipScriptPod. Inspired by podcasts like @NPRCodeSwitch, @thenodshow, and @radioambulante, he explores issues like the relationship between social justice and human health.
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Saad B. Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD, as the inaugural director of the Yale Institute for Global Health and associate dean for global health research at the School of Medicine.
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Q&A with @VirusesImmunity of @YaleIBio about research with @ericsongg and @MiyuMoriyama that suggests a flu vaccine may be more effective when delivered by nasal spray rather than injected into muscles by needle.
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A useful article by @edyong209 that explains the secret to COVID-19's success, that includes expertise contributed by @VirusesImmunity. via @TheAtlantic #cytokinestorm
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"I believe data science is going to contribute.to more medical breakthroughs in the next 10 years than everything else combined" says @hmkyale about data and computational health in the August issue of #CardiologyMag @JACCJournals
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A @Yale study published in @Nature found that the Pfizer-BioNTech & Moderna vaccines provide protection against multiple variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, including the highly infectious Delta variant. @VirusesImmunity @SaadOmer3 @NathanGrubaugh
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Creator @VirusesImmunity, of @YaleIBIO, says the new @YaleCII will focus its efforts on tackling #postacute infection syndromes like #longCOVID: “They’ve been going on for decades—or maybe hundreds of years—but we haven’t been paying attention.”
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The Yale Medicine Board has elected @NitaAhujaMD, chair and William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery, as the new Board Chair. @YaleSurgery
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How Paul Kalanithi’s widow helped turn his memoir, ‘When Breath Becomes Air,’ into a best seller:
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Today we celebrated Match Day at Yale School of Medicine!. With great anticipation and after years of dedication, YSM’s Class of 2025 gathered at Harkness Hall to discover where they will continue their medical training as residents. Congratulations #FutureDoctors!
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#Congratulations to YSM's E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, @madhavcmenon and @fperrywilson, who are among 100 #newmembers elected to @the_ASCI. They will be officially #inducted in April.
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Congratulations to Valentina Greco, PhD, Carolyn Walch Slayman Professor of Genetics, who was elected vice president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. @ISSCR @valentatormenta @YaleGenetics
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“I learned to take risks. Build good teams. To not take ‘no’ easily,” says Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS '06, of how she learned to be an ethical leader
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A new study published in @ScienceMagazine led by @Yale researchers including @VishwaDeepDixi1 of @YaleIBIO confirms the health benefits of moderate calorie restrictions in humans and identifies a key protein in the process.
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Congratulations to all the medical students participating in this year's Match Day. Not only is matching the culmination of at least 4 years' hard work (often more), it's the next step in the careers of many promising physician-leaders.
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Congratulations to YSM's own Joan Steitz, PhD, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator on her receiving the Microbiology Society's 2021 Prize Medal. @HHMINEWS @MicrobioSoc
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"Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination." - John Dewey (1859-1952) #MotivationMonday
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Very pleased and proud to announce that Marietta Vázquez, MD, professor of pediatrics, has been appointed associate dean for medical student diversity, effective this May.
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Congratulations to Joan Steitz, one of two recipients of the 2021 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize.
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Yesterday, YSM's MD class of 2021 graduated in an emotional in-person ceremony. @DrOnyemaOgbuagu delivered a powerful keynote address. The ceremony was live-streamed, and a video will be available on YouTube for those who could not attend.
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The career of Joan A. Steitz, PhD, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, was celebrated at a #symposium on March 6 that illustrated the span of her storied life in science with tributes from people whose #careers she has guided.
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Research at @Yale on two enzymes, KDM5B and SETDB1, has revealed epigenetic keys that could open the door to powerful new treatments for melanoma and other cancers. @YaleCancer @YalePathology.
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Congratulations to @ericsongg, one of our standout fifth-year MD-PhD students, who's one of 13 recipients of the 2021 @WeintraubAward. Song's research focuses on immune responses within the brain and central nervous system. @YaleIBIO
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Today, Dean Alpern announced that YSM is reducing need-based loan needs from $23k to $15k for students attending 2019-20. By 2023, students with demonstrated financial need should not graduate with more than $60k in debt—significantly lower than the national average of $197k.
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Congratulations to YSM's class of 2019! It was inspiring to see the students walk during graduation, and embrace their future careers as physicians. Photo by @joel_callaway
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