“Including women in research. It’s necessary, and really not so hard to do.”
A viewpoint article by Dr. Nina Stachenfeld in this month’s issue of Experimental Physiology.
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Dr. Nina Stachenfeld recently conducted a study which measured the cognitive impact of mild dehydration. NPR correspondent, Allison Aubrey, interviewed Dr. Stachenfeld for the recently aired Your Health segment which discusses how mild dehydration, which affects all of us at some point, can cause measurable cognitive impairment resulting in a variety of symptoms.… Read More >
On June 1, 2018 Yale School of Medicine hosted a symposium commemorating the 100-year anniversary of women at Yale School of Medicine. Sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women in Medicine (SWIM), the Minority Organization for Retention & Expansion (MORE), and the Dean’s Office, this event celebrated the contributions of women faculty and alumnae from the School of Medicine.… Read More >
Three labs of the John B. Pierce Laboratory (Pieribone, Stachenfeld, Verhagen) went to D.C. to show and discuss their ongoing work among some of the ~30,000 (!) neuroscientists there. Of course after the posters and symposia there’s always a lot of catching up to do with other colleagues.… Read More >
Published in YALE NEWS on November 14, 2017
Written by Sonya Collins
A research team led by Vincent Pieribone (left) is exploring ways to create systems where the brain transforms digital images into the equivalent of eyesight.… Read More >
written by Rick Harrison, Communications Officer, Women’s Health Research at Yale
There is a reason NASA scientists have been looking for water on Mars, and that’s because, at least on Earth, water is life.… Read More >
(Yale Press Release)
Activating these neurons in living mice prompt them to pursue never seen before prey and to bite everything in their path, even sticks and bottle caps, the researchers report in the January 12, 2017 issue of the journal Cell.… Read More >