Passionate about public health? Deciding your next steps? Want to learn more about our degree programs? Join us for an upcoming admissions event: ysph.yale.edu/admissions-f... We hope to see you there!

What's the latest in respiratory virus trends? Our PopHIVE team outlines what data sources like Epic Cosmos, Google searches, and Delphi are telling us ➡️ pophive.substack.com/p/whats-the-... Explore the data yourself with the PopHIVE respiratory disease dashboard ➡️ www.pophive.org/respiratory-...

At #APHA2025? Visit us at Booth #543 today and tomorrow, 9am-4pm! And be sure to check out all YSPH participation: sph.yale.edu/apha Photo courtesy of MPH alum and current PhD student Nimisha Srikanth, MPH ’25. @apha.org

Yale School of Public Health PhD student Melody Owen hopes to use implementation science to improve animal welfare. Here is her story. 1/2

At @apha.org? Come check out popHIVE at the @yalesph.bsky.social booth #543 and share with us what you want in a world of data!!!

At a loss because the government shutdown means you can’t see what’s happening with health trends? Fear not — www.popHIVE.org is here! Jump in, play around, and take a look for yourself — and learn more on our recent post. substack.com/@annezinkmd/...

Worried your olive oil isn’t real? A new study finds the top brands on U.S. shelves are pure — so you can enjoy the health benefits without second-guessing your bottle. ⬇️ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jesscording/2025/10/16/finally-clarity-on-olive-oil-whats-real-whats-not/

Our Yale Center for Methods in Implementation and Prevention Science is a global leader in the rapidly expanding discipline of implementation science. We’re advancing public health by creating new methods to implement evidence-based interventions in clinical and community settings. 1/2

Without any new cures, we could prevent and mitigate 80% or more of the world's health problems. That's where implementation science — a field of study that turns research into real-world impact — comes in. 1/2

The India Philanthropy Forum 2025 brought together leaders, philanthropists, and innovators to explore how data, technology, and intentional giving can drive large-scale social impact. Read more ⬇️ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/india-philanthropy-forum-2025-building-data-shaping-intention/ 

The number of intravenous (IV) hydration spas has grown over the past decade. Prof. Howard Forman began researching them after a family visited an IV hydration spa — and what he discovered concerned him. ⬇️ https://news.yale.edu/2025/10/21/iv-hydration-spas-lack-adequate-oversight-study-finds

Join us in shaping the future of health care, information technology, and data science. Applications for our MS in Health Informatics are open until December 1. GRE is not required. Learn more & apply now: m.yale.edu/4pz7 @telementalhlth.bsky.social

The federal government shutdown has brought respiratory virus surveillance to a halt at the national level. Dr. Anne Zink and colleagues have launched PopHIVE to help fill the information gap. ⬇️ https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/health/disease-surveillance-government-shutdown

Prof. Nicola Hawley is part of an advisory committee for an initiative called Make American Samoa Healthy Again. Hawley recently spoke about the initiative. ⬇️ https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conversation/2025-10-09/genetic-studies-in-american-samoa-could-impact-other-pacific-communities

New research by an international team of scientists has found that an AI chatbot outperformed human doctors in some tasks but also created safety risks and amplified social inequities. Read more ⬇️ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/rewards-risks-with-ai-chatbots-in-chronic-disease-care/

Kacia Flynn, MPH ‘26, reflects on her summer as a Health Equity Fellow in our latest issue of Science & Society: m.yale.edu/dbjp

Our Executive MPH program is a hybrid online-onsite degree designed for working professionals. Dr. Piyal Alam, a first-year student, is taking over our IG stories today to show you a day in his life, balancing work, the Executive MPH program, and personal responsibilities ➡️ instagram.com/yalesph/

"I came to Yale because I was tired of watching broken systems fail good people," said Executive MPH student and Tillman Scholar Kage Harrington. Read more: m.yale.edu/dbx6 Want to learn more about our Executive MPH program? Attend our virtual open house this week: m.yale.edu/jwn7

Our hybrid Executive MPH is designed for working professionals, combining online learning after working hours and on-campus leadership intensives. Want to learn more? Join us for a virtual open house next week (links in next post ⬇️) 1/2

Dr. Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg, MD, joined the YSPH community for the Dean’s Speaker Series: Leaders in Public Health. Hamburg brought a message about courage, collaboration, and hope in turbulent times. ⬇️ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/harnessing-science-for-real-world-global-impact/

Across the U.S., rising temperatures due to climate change pose a growing threat to public health. Research additionally points to a connection between heat and fatal drug overdoses. ⬇️ https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/in-the-us-rising-temperatures-may-increase-overdose-deaths/

Shreyas Nair, MPH ‘26, spent his summer listening to unhoused people as a YSPH Health Equity Fellow. He learned that a lot of unhoused people are lonely and they just want people to talk to. Read more in our latest issue of Science & Society: m.yale.edu/dbcb

An intensive two-day Yale Cancer Research symposium recently brought together researchers from multiple disciplines. Read more ⬇️ https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/multi-day-cancer-symposium-lays-groundwork-for-research-collaboration/

Over 200 health sector and business leaders came together at the second annual Health Systems Implementing Climate Action event during Climate Week NYC 2025. Read more ⬇️ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/illuminating-innovation-in-sustainable-health-care-at-climate-week-nyc/

Dean @meganranney.bsky.social and @nelbamg.bsky.social attended a Sept. 25 panel discussion and screening of The Tennessee 11 documentary at Connecticut’s Legislative Office Building. Read more ⬇️ ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

A dialogue expert shares strategies on how to talk — and listen — so people feel heard in our latest issue of Science & Society: m.yale.edu/dbjn

“Gun violence intersects with COVID in a very unusual way.” "The Relentless School Nurse" @robincogan.bsky.social joined host @nelbamg.bsky.social on our latest episode of #SharedHumanity. Listen to or watch the full episode: sph.yale.edu/SharedHumanity

Looking for real-time infectious disease trends? PopHIVE has you covered. PopHIVE combines multiple sources of data — like Google Trends and medical records — to keep you informed in real-time. When one source slows down, others fill in the picture. 🔗 Explore data for your state: PopHIVE.org

What does it mean? COVID may have created a new year-round baseline for work absences that is similar to influenza season conditions before the pandemic; policymakers should consider expanding interventions & data collection efforts to address the negative impacts of COVID-19 on the labor force. 5/

Our latest paper in @jamanetworkopen.com where we asked: Following the #COVID pandemic, has SARSCoV2 circulation been associated with health-related absences from work and labor force exits? @yaleemd.bsky.social @princetonecon.bsky.social @brookings.edu 1/ jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Our recent State of the School included a panel with YSPH researchers pursuing high-impact ideas in the “face of disruption,” as the panel’s moderator, Dean @meganranney.bsky.social, described it. Read about their groundbreaking projects: m.yale.edu/dbcy

Looking to lead in public health? Apply to Yale’s Executive MPH program, a hybrid online-onsite degree designed for working professionals. Learn more: sph.yale.edu/emph 1/3

Public health is like cake. Cake has layers. Public health has layers. And when we stack the layers of public health – think combining sanitation + nutrition + medical treatments + vaccines + addressing social & environmental factors that impact health – we get to enjoy more birthday cakes. 1/9 🧵🧵

Congratulations to Yale School of Public Health alum Dr. Nabarun L. Dasgupta, PhD, MPH ’03, for being named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow, aka a “genius grant” winner: m.yale.edu/dbrp Dasgupta combines science with community engagement in a way that lowers deaths and other afflictions from drug use.

The Peter Salovey and Marta Moret Data Science Fellows Program will foster a community of Ph.D. students working in interdisciplinary data science fields. Prof. Bhramar Mukherjee is one of the leaders of the new program. Read more ⬇️ https://ow.ly/lZww50X761I

In a new study, Yale School of Medicine researchers unveiled a novel diagnostic method for detecting leptospiral virulence-modifying proteins in the blood and urine of hamsters. Read more ⬇️ https://ow.ly/zMMt50X768L

"The Relentless School Nurse" @robincogan.bsky.social joins host @nelbamg.bsky.social on today's episode of #SharedHumanity. Listen to or watch the full episode: sph.yale.edu/SharedHumanity

As the nation grapples with ongoing gun violence, Dean Megan Ranney MD MPH is researching and advocating for innovative approaches to address this epidemic. Dean Ranney delivered the 2025 Woodson Lecture at the University of Louisville SPHIS. Read more ⬇️ https://ow.ly/15Wf50X75Uk

A research partnership between residents in East Palestine, Ohio and Dr. Nicole Deziel, PhD, MHS; the evolution of gene expression; one reason hospital prices rise, and more research highlights. Read more in our latest issue of Science & Society ⬇️ m.yale.edu/dbjm

Prof. Mark Schlesinger shares tips on what people can do to avoid potential hospital mistakes. "Always have a list of medications with you," Schlesinger says among other recommendations. Read more ⬇️ https://ow.ly/wJ3v50X75cE

Prof. Jeannette Ickovics discusses a new report laying out steps that could save money and 700,000 lives. Read more ⬇️ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/want-to-cut-health-care-costs-by-dollar70-billion-take-urban-climate-action/

Students are facing real-life public health problems at the Yale School of Public Health this fall thanks to a new course built around case studies of how organizations are tackling current challenges. Read more in the latest edition of our Science & Society magazine: m.yale.edu/dbcz

Health policy doesn’t usually grow in a Petri dish, but two initiatives at the Yale School of Public Health have developed innovative approaches for studying public health up close and translating the school’s research into community impact across CT: m.yale.edu/dbch

Prof. Jason L. Schwartz shares his insights on the latest guidance on COVID boosters, flu shots, childhood immunizations, and more. ⬇️ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/well/vaccines-covid-flu-mmrv-autism.html

Opportunity was the focus of Dean @meganranney.bsky.social's address to the Yale School of Public Health community at our recent 2025 State of the School. Read more in the latest edition of our Science & Society Magazine: m.yale.edu/dbcx

How do we know if kids are getting vaccinated on time? We can track vaccination with a few different data sources — and each one tells a different part of the story. 🔍 Explore the data for yourself, and view rates in your state, on PopHIVE: pophive.org

“That day we realized what our lab meant to people. We were a symbol of resistance, a symbol of hope,” Nathaniel Raymond said. Hundreds of individual donors rescued @hrl-yalesph.bsky.social from closure, highlighting the urgent need for restored federal science funding: m.yale.edu/dbc3

JUST IN: Our latest edition of Science & Society Magazine is here. 📚 Learn about how we're shaping public health policy, closing the communication gap, educating future public health leaders, creating research partnerships, and more ➡️ m.yale.edu/dbcv

The typically orderly process of setting annual public health guidelines for vaccines has been anything but this year. We spoke to Prof. @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social about what you need to know about this year's COVID vaccines & what happened at the recent ACIP meeting: m.yale.edu/dbcq.

Prof. Susan Mayne, a former official with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, discusses the MAHA report with Hari Sreenivasan from PBS's Amanpour & Co. program. Watch more ⬇️