Yale School of Public Health
The School of Public Health at Yale University provides leadership to protect and improve the health of the public. Through innovative research, policy analysis, and education that draws upon multidisciplinary scholarship from across the graduate and professional programs at Yale, the school serves local, national, and international communities with its knowledge and expertise.
National Public Health Week
From April 2-5 YSPH will celebrate National Public Health Week. The Dean's Community Connections Committee has planned a series of activities to help each of us achieve better health.
Anti-Smoking Campaigns Have Saved Hundreds of Thousands of Lives
03/14/2012: Quantifying for the first time the impact of anti-smoking measures on lung cancer mortality, a new study that used a Yale mathematical model finds that more than 800,000 lives were saved in the United States over a 25-year period.
Connecticut’s Food Safety Program Strengthened by YSPH, Yale Students
03/08/2012: Yale School of Public Health students are assisting state and local health department officials in an enhanced effort to monitor Connecticut’s food safety and speed up the detection of outbreaks of Salmonella and other potentially serious food-related illness.
Building Better Health in Bhutan
02/21/2012: When it comes to measuring success, the Himalayan nation of Bhutan doesn’t look to its gross domestic product or how many luxury goods their citizens own. >>>
"Contagion" Prompts Discussion of Pandemics, Public Health Responses
02/20/2012: In the movie Contagion, an epidemic spreads quickly from continent to continent and leaves a growing number of fatalities in its wake. Public health workers scramble to identify the novel virus and race to develop a vaccine as civil order breaks down and military troops move in to quarantine a panicked citizenry. >>>