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Residents OK cancer center in phone poll
A second telephone survey, conducted by union, is reported to have bias vs. hospital
A new poll commissioned by the Yale-New Haven Hospital has found near-unanimous community support for its proposed cancer center, which will be the largest and most comprehensive cancer center in the Northeast upon its completion in 2008. The New...
Grant promotes nursing study
$2.5 million grant permits study of effects of disease on at-risk families
The Yale School of Nursing was recently awarded a $2.5 million grant in order to study the effects of a variety of diseases on individuals and their families in at-risk, diverse populations. The funding, provided by the National Institute of Nursing...
Health still lacks diversity
According to a report released this week, a severe lack of racial diversity persists in healthcare professions -- mainly medicine, nursing and dentistry. The report, put forth by a commission headed by former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human...
Cancer center is approved
At a meeting in City Hall Wednesday night, the City Plan Commission approved certain preliminary measures in preparation for the construction of a new $350 million cancer center at the Yale School of Medicine. The Commission approved the relocation of...
Huff accepts deanship at Pritzker School
Assistant director of Yale Health Professions Advisory Board to be dean of admissions of Chicago
Joni Huff, assistant director of the Health Professions Advisory Board at Yale Undergraduate Career Services, has been awarded the position of dean of admissions at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. An Illinois native, Huff...
Patients allege bad practices
Lawsuit claims that uninsured patients were given unequal treatment at Yale-New Haven
A group of uninsured patients brought a class action lawsuit against Yale-New Haven Hospital, the Yale New Haven Health System and the American Hospital Association yesterday. The legal action, filed by patients alleging that the hospital failed to...
Debate centers on hospital union
The continuing dispute over the unionization of workers at Yale-New Haven Hospital -- accompanied by a series of well-publicized investigations into its financial practices -- has placed the institution at the center of political debate in New Haven...
Nursing School searches for new dean
After the departure of former Dean Catherine Gilliss, the Yale School of Nursing -- in conjunction with Yale officials -- has appointed a replacement and is in the process of searching for a new permanent head of the school. Last week Yale President...
Yale researchers to conduct child epilepsy drug trial
Funded by a recent $17 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Yale researchers will soon begin enrolling patients in the largest drug trial for childhood epilepsy conducted to date. The study will focus on childhood absence epilepsy --...
Alpern plans future of Medical School
New dean plots out priorities, with focus on cancer center
Under the leadership of recently-appointed Dean Robert Alpern, the Yale School of Medicine is preparing to develop and strengthen many new programs in research and clinical care, including a project in stem cell biology. Alpern, former dean of the...