Faculty Viewpoints
The View from the Emergency Department
On this episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Harlan Krumholz outlines his new study tracking excess mortality over the course of the pandemic in the highly vaccinated state of Massachusetts; Howard Forman discusses how the Inflation Reduction Act will tackle drug prices. They’re joined by Dr. Esther Choo to talk about life as a doctor on social media and the crisis facing emergency departments.
Loopholes Persist in the Dragnet around Russia’s Economy
Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, who have been tracking companies’ disengagement from Russia, write that Asian airlines, European aviation giants, and sanctions evaders are gaming the system and gaining an advantage over their American competitors.
What Makes the UK a Model for Managing Risks to the Financial System
Yale’s Sigrídur Benediktsdottir and Greg Feldberg recently led an in-depth assessment of the UK’s systemic risk oversight as part of the IMF’s Financial Sector Assessment Program. They came away with new insights into one of the world’s leading models for managing financial system risk.
Beating the Outbreaks
In this episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz provide a sense of proportion while discussing a grim trio of diseases: monkeypox, polio, and COVID-19.
Should You Stop Washing?
On this episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz are joined by Dr. James Hamblin, a journalist and a lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health. They discuss his approach to communicating about public health, his prescient February 2020 article on COVID-19, and why he’s quit taking showers.
The Myth of Putin as World Energy Czar Is Running Out of Gas
Media commentary suggests that Russia is using its energy resources to hold the rest of the world hostage. To the contrary, write Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, Russia’s actions have devastated its own economy and undermined its status as an energy exporter.
The Social Entrepreneur's Guide to Making Change
On this episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz are joined by Teresa Chahine, the Sheila and Ron ’92 B.A. Marcelo Senior Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship at Yale SOM. They discuss how social entrepreneurs use an interdisciplinary, iterative, community-centric approach to innovation to create self-sustaining solutions to problems in public health and other areas.
Are the Companies That Promised Withdrawal from Russia Following Through?
In some cases, those pledges have not been fully honored, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld’s team has found. He writes that boards play a key oversight role in ensuring that companies genuinely end their exposure.
Rethinking Research
On the latest episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz discuss a concerning new COVID-19 variant, the discovery casting doubt on a major fish-oil study, and the need for new models of funding research.
An Inspiring Nonlinear Path to Impact
On the latest episode of the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz are joined by Yale epidemiologist and MacArthur ‘genius’ Gregg Gonsalves to discuss his non-traditional route to improving responses to global public health challenges.