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.

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Researchers Identify New Brain Pathway For Regulating Weight and Bone Mass

Contrary to the prevailing view, the hormone leptin, which is critical for normal food intake and metabolism, appears to regulate bone mass and suppress appetite by acting mainly through serotonin pathways in the brain, according to a recent study published in Cell by Yale School of Medicine researchers and colleagues at Columbia University.   more…

Yale Researchers Explain Why Hunger Triggers Infertility

Yale University researchers report that they have discovered the molecular switch in the brain that turns off the reproductive system in times of severe hunger. more…

Report: Changes Needed in Nurses’ Education and Work Environments

A new study led by a Yale School of Nursing researcher recommends changes in nursing schools and the work environment to reduce the number of novice nurses who opt to leave the profession. more…