Yale School of Public Health

Scientific American announced its inaugural Young American Scientists list today, recognizing 28 exceptional early-career researchers. On the list is our own Dr. Colin J. Carlson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases).

Congratulations to Dr. Carlson, whose research explores the science and policy surrounding public health, climate change, and emerging viral threats. His mission is to help the world understand what future public health emergencies will look like and what we can do to mitigate them.

“Time spent on research is never wasted," he told Scientific American.

He added, "If you're thinking about a career in public health, it's the best job in the world."

Read more about Dr. Carlson and this outstanding recognition: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/colin-carlson/

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Yale researchers worked with residents of New Haven’s Dwight neighborhood to document the impact of urban heat and identify community-informed solutions.

Read more in our latest issue of Science & Society magazine: m.yale.edu/dh9z

Two recent undergraduate graduates at Yale, each of whom conducted extensive research in labs at the Yale School of Public Health, were recent recipients of prestigious awards for postgraduate study.

August Rios, who studied housing justice, policy, and tenant housing conditions in the Housing and Health Equity Lab, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in November. Isabel Rancu, who applied computational methods to understand the transmission and evolution of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in the Ted Cohen Lab, was awarded a Marshall Scholarship in December.

Read more in our latest issue of Science & Society magazine: m.yale.edu/djpx

While you’re watching the World Cup games, we’ll be watching health trends. Yale School of Public Health faculty member Katelyn Jetelina (Your Local Epidemiologist) is playing a central role in the Health Security Operations Center, set up by Georgetown University.

With her team, she will make sure that the right information is delivered to the right people at the right time, so they can make the right decisions.

Our PopHIVE health data platform will also be used as a data source for the operations center.

Over the coming weeks, millions of international travelers will arrive in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada for the World Cup. Travel and mass gatherings increase opportunities for illnesses, including measles, to spread.

Find measles data for your community at PopHIVE.org.

Yale School of Public Health researchers have introduced a new tool that may help researchers better understand cancer, organ development, wound healing, and the three-dimensional structure of tissues.

The tool's ability to integrate data across multiple patients and platforms could lead to the development of more targeted, personalized approaches to cancer care.

More: m.yale.edu/djp3

Yale School of Public Health’s official records memorialized Dr. Chenghui Ge as having earned an MPH in 1924 and DrPH in 1926, noting that “he is the first known public health student from China.” However, that record was incorrect.

Dr. Ge was not the first male student to receive that distinction from the then-Department of Public Health at Yale. She was the first Chinese woman.

This discovery, uncovered in 2025 by two Yale students, does more than fix a clerical error. It sheds light on how gender inequities have shaped not only access to education, but how history remembers those who worked in and contributed to the fields of medicine and public health.�

Read more in our latest issue of Science & Society magazine: m.yale.edu/dh8h