Research

Yale researchers have introduced countless medical and health advances over the last century, including the first success with antibiotics in the United States and the first use of chemotherapy to treat cancer. University scientists have been responsible for the identification of Lyme disease and the discovery of genes responsible for high blood pressure, osteoporosis, dyslexia, and Tourette's syndrome, among other disorders. Early work on the artificial heart and the creation of the first insulin pump took place at Yale, as did seminal discoveries about how the cell and its components function at the molecular level. Today, research activities take place in a wide range of departments, programs, and centers.

The School of Medicine has extraordinary strength in the basic sciences and consistently ranks in the top handful of medical school receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health. Yale scientists have made seminal discoveries in the fields of Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Comparative Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health, Genetics, History of Medicine, Immunobiology, Microbial Pathogenesis, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Neurobiology and Pharmacology.

News

Institute of Medicine Honors Yale's Horwich

ale University's Arthur Horwich, M.D., has been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences announced. more…

Yale Researchers Describe Crossroads in Pathway to Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease

Yale University researchers have described a molecular traffic signal in the middle of a busy biological highway that influences such diverse processes as the production of insulin, activation of the immune system, creation of new brain cells and formation of tumors. more…

Yale Receives Additional $10.7 Million for Largest Study Ever On How Genes and Environment Affect Children's Health

The Yale School of Public Health has received a $10.7 million grant to expand its participation in a national study that will follow 100,000 children from before birth to age 21 to understand factors that contribute to their health and development. Last year, Yale was awarded $15 million to start the work in New Haven County. With this additional grant, mothers and children from Litchfield County, Connecticut, will be included in the project. more…