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November 13, 2020
On Monday, the pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced early data that showed a vaccine it has been developing in partnership with the German drug manufacturer BioNTech was...
September 9, 2020
Ashanti Shih, PhD ‘19 awarded the The W. Turrentine Jackson (Dissertation) Award for her dissertation  “Invasive Ecologies: Science and Settler Colonialism in Twentieth-...
July 29, 2020
By Eric Bock Scientists involved in machine learning often don’t know the origins of the datasets they use to write and test algorithms, including where the Pima Indians...
July 22, 2020
“Policing in America: A Community Forum for Sickness and Health Alums” This community forum featured a discussion between Dr. Carolyn Roberts, Demar F. Lewis IV, MPP, Faith...
June 16, 2020
GLC Director, David W. Blight talks with Carolyn Roberts and Sascha James-Conterelli on Race, Health, and Medicine during the COVID 19 global pandemic. To watch click here
June 16, 2020
In mid-March, COVID-19 upended the traditional Yale School of Medicine (YSM) curriculum for MD students. Didactic coursework and clinical skills training had to be rapidly...
June 4, 2020
By Mei Chen I imagine that Mariko Rooks inspires fear in lesser humans. Over the course of an hour and a half that slips away much faster than expected, it becomes abundantly...