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Future pre-meds will take new MCAT
Incoming freshmen hoping to be pre-medical students may face a redesigned MCAT exam and altered pre-med requirements. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) announced Thursday their preliminary recommendations for the new MCAT exam that.
Prof guides global health reform
In the Dec. 21 issue of medical journal Public Library of Science Medicine, School of Public Health professor Elizabeth Bradley and nine other global health leaders published a paper detailing ten principles that they think will strengthen global health systems.
Med school research, a 2010 breakthrough
Named one of the “Breakthroughs of the Year” by Science Magazine in 2010, neurosurgery professor Murat Gunel and colleagues have discovered that mutations in a particular gene, WDR62, can hinder brain development and result in disorders such as mental retardation.
Med School professor denies ghostwriting claim
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Four of the six academic medical professionals accused of signing their names to ghostwriting studies and texts have denied the claims, including School of Medicine professor Kimberly Yonkers. Yale School of Medicine administrators refused to comment on whether the School has investigated nonprofit watchdog Project on Government Oversight's claim that the professor had a 2003 report on GlaxoSmithKline’s antidepressant, Paxil, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder ghostwritten for her.
Med prof accused of ghostwriting
A School of Medicine faculty member has been accused of signing her name to a ghostwritten study, a practice that many believe amounts to plagiarism and undermines scientific integrity.
Yale helps reform Indian HIV care
Two years before University President Richard Levin announced the $75 million Yale-India Initiative in September 2008, the Yale School of Nursing had already decided to train nurses in India and help combat the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Public health prof advises USDA
A School of Public Health professor is helping the government fight obesity and chronic disease. Rafael Pérez-Escamilla and the 12 other members of the US 2010 Dietary Advisory Committee submitted their advisory report to the USDA and the HHS in May, recommending fewer calories and more plant-based fiber in the American diet.
Little gender diversity at School of Medicine
Yale’s medical faculty faces the problem of limited gender diversity. Compared to other schools, Yale is reasonably on track — female faculty comprise 18 percent of the School of Medicine, matching the national average, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. But administrators are seeking to increase this percentage by applying new recruitment practices to the search for new employees, including the current effort to hire a new chair of pediatrics.
New website combats diabetes
In 2009 School of Nursing Dean Margaret Grey NUR ’76 and professor Robin Whittemore received a $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study diabetes and obesity in at-risk teens. The resultant research study, “Reducing Obesity and Diabetes in High Risk Youth,” includes an educational Internet component — Health-e-Teen — that launched on Wednesday in health classes for sophomores at Career High School, West Haven High School and New Haven Academy.