YCCI, Yale School of Medicine

Applications for the 2025 YCCI Clinical and Translational Research Exposures Summer Internship are now open to high school students aged 15 and older and undergraduate students with an interest in healthcare, medicine, and clinical and translational research. Program runs July 7 -July 31. For more information about the Exposures program or to apply for this opportunity, visit the website here: https://lnkd.in/ed3SCtFd   APPLICATIONS ARE DUE Friday, May 2, 2025 by 11:59 pm (EDT) no exceptions. #summerinternships #highschoolinternships

Four members from the YSM Department of Internal Medicine – Danielle Antin-Ozerkis, MD, Lenore Buckley, MD, MPH, Vaidehi Chowdhary, MBBS, MD, and Monique Hinchcliff, MD, MS – have contributed to a new national #guideline for the screening, monitoring, and treatment of interstitial #lung disease in patients with #rheumatic conditions: https://brnw.ch/21wQMuw

Making study startup more efficient is easier said than done. However, Rhonda Paz, Executive Director of Investigator Services at the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI, Yale School of Medicine), is making it look easy, having shortened study startup timelines by two-thirds since joining YCCI.   YCCI runs their trial operations on Advarra’s OnCore CTMS, which has played a key role in streamlining handoffs between stakeholders, making collaboration more seamless and less redundant for everyone. With the right people, process, and technology, YCCI is leading the way in study startup collaboration. We’re #FasterTogether.   Learn how Advarra can help you accelerate study startup: https://lnkd.in/ggFHTmJU

Metabolic liver diseases are on the rise in Connecticut. Yale faculty joined a new state working group to respond to the increase in the prevalence of these diseases. The working group recently issued recommendations to increase awareness and education and improve public health infrastructure. Wajahat Mehal Bubu Banini Jorge O. Moreno, MD, Dipl. ABOM #MASH #MASLD #liverdisease

Yale New Haven Hospital achieved a major medical milestone with the state’s first BATMAN (Basilica Technique with MitraClip for Anatomically Nonconforming) procedure, offering new hope for patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR) and complex anatomical conditions. Led by Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, MD, and a multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, the innovative transcatheter approach combines the precision of the Basilica procedure with mitral valve implantation to address MR in patients at high surgical risk.

Patients are now being recruited for a study to compare the effectiveness of IV #ketamine and #esketamine nasal spray (otherwise known as #Spravato) for people who suffer from treatment-resistant #depression.

Yale researchers may have found a treatment target for a spectrum of genetic disorders that lead to brain malformations, seizures, and intellectual disabilities. The findings, reported on January 1 in Nature, may point to a potential treatment target, researchers say. Read more here: https://brnw.ch/21wPP3G).

Athletes who undergo ablation to treat their irregular heartbeat caused by atrial fibrillation (AF) experience greater improvement in sports performance compared to those who use antiarrhythmic medications, according to new research led by Rachel Lampert, MD, professor of medicine (cardiology) at Yale School of Medicine. The findings, recently published in the journal Heart Rhythm, could help guide decision-making for athletes diagnosed with AF. Learn more here: https://brnw.ch/21wPjMK

Medical education is tapping into the power of coaches. "Coaching is especially valuable in medical education,” says Dana Dunne, MD, director of coaching at Yale School of Medicine. “A lot of students arrive from college highly performance oriented, used to getting gold stars. They need to switch to a growth mindset, to be people who are comfortable recognizing what they don’t know. Coaching is a safe environment for doing that.” “The premise is that the person has the answers and the coach is there to help them come up with a plan to achieve their goals,” Dunne says. Coaching may help physician competency and even prevent burnout, according to research. Read more from Dunne and colleagues in this Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) article: https://brnw.ch/21wPngk

In a new study, Yale School of Medicine researchers examined how the prevalence of neighborhood disadvantage differed according to individual-level characteristics and evaluated the association between neighborhood disadvantage and mortality among older people over the course of 10 years. While the researchers found that neighborhood disadvantage was associated with an 18 percent increase in mortality over 10 years, this association was no longer statistically significant after adjusting for participant socioeconomic characteristics. Published in JAMA Open Network, the research was funded by the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities. https://brnw.ch/21wPoML