Yale Department of Neurology

In a recent Q&A, Assistant Professor of Neurology Rebecca Blumenreich, MD, MPH, details common risk factors for , the best methods for prevention, and recent advances in stroke recovery .

Reducing stroke risk In a Q&A, Yale neurologist Rebecca Blumenreich explains the common risk factors for stroke, how new technologies are making it easier to track them — and how people can reduce these risks.

Recently, Women’s Health Research at Yale Collaborative Member Dr. Carolyn Fredericks was interviewed by Pharmacy Times about the ways the menopausal transition can affect neurological risk in women. In fact:

🧠 MRI and PET studies show women in their 40s and 50s experience changes in brain connectivity – especially memory circuits – linked to declining estrogen during menopause.
🧠 Many neurological disorders change significantly in menopause – from to and even multiple sclerosis ( ) and ’s.
🧠 ’s disease, which constitutes the majority of the research efforts of both Dr. Fredericks and The Fredericks Lab, seems to be significantly influenced by menopause – timing, disease progression, and more.

More investment and continued investigation has the potential to inform treatment, disease management, and even prevention.

📰 Read or watch the interview here: https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/aan-2026-from-migraines-to-alzheimer-how-the-menopausal-transition-affects-neurological-risk-in-women.

This interview was in conjunction with 2026 AAN, the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology.

School of Medicine

Join us in congratulating Pooja Khatri, MD, MSc, Albert E. Kent Professor & Chair of Neurology and neurologist-in-chief of Yale New Haven Health, on her election to membership in the Association of American Physicians! This recognition honors Khatri as an outstanding leader in care and .

Khatri Elected to Membership in Association of American Physicians Pooja Khatri, MD, MSc, has been elected to membership in the Association of American Physicians for 2026.

The Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) initiative awarded Neurology Resident M. Elizabeth Deerhake, MD, PhD, with the inaugural ASAP Collaborative Research Network (CRN) Discovery Fellowship! This grant will help advance Deerhake's research identifying genetic drivers of neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease, with co-mentorship from David Hafler, MD, and Clemens Scherzer, MD.

A new technique developed at YSM improves molecular profiling of cells by simultaneously comparing and RNA levels across individual types in living tissues.

The new technique, described in Nature Communications, offers a clearer picture of what causes cells to falter in brain diseases.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4tyeQPx

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month.

Less severe brain injuries, like minor concussions, can often be treated with simple brain rest: avoiding physically and mentally taxing activities until symptoms go away.

But repeated brain injuries can cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive, degenerative brain disease linked to depression and early-onset dementia.

Learn more about protecting the most complex and delicate part of your body – the brain – here: https://bit.ly/3KJWmL4

To mark Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Month, Assistant Professor of Neurology Aaron Bower, MD, details the strides made in understanding MS and symptom onset, as well as the treatments that demonstrate the best patient outcomes.

March is National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — In today’s Health Headlines, we’re talking about National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month. What are the latest breakthroughs in understanding and trea…

The inaugural Music, Memory, and Aging Symposium brought together experts from Yale and beyond to collaborate and share their work that bridges the gap between music and cognitive decline.

YSPH symposium focuses on music, memory, and aging Members of the Yale schools of public health, medicine, and nursing came together for Yale's first Music, Memory, and Aging Symposium on January 29.

In recognition of her outstanding achievements in clinical stroke research, Pooja Khatri, MD, chair of neurology and chief of neurology at Yale New Haven Health and Yale New Haven Hospital, was honored with the William M. Feinberg Award for Excellence in Clinical Stroke at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference!