Study In US: Six Yale Researchers Get NIH ‘High-Risk, High-Reward’ Awards

The names of the Yale researchers who received the ‘High-Risk, High-Reward’ awards include Wan-Ling Tseng, Sedona Murphy, Salil Garg, Diyendo Massilani, Julien Berro, and Xialolei Su.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded 67 researchers High-Risk, High-Reward awards. Six Yale University researchers are also among those recipients who are conducting creative and exceptional research in biomedical science.

The six researchers are - Wan-Ling Tseng, Sedona Murphy, Salil Garg, Diyendo Massilani, Julien Berro, and Xialolei Su.

“The HRHR program champions exceptionally bold and innovative science that pushes the boundaries of biomedical and behavioral research. The groundbreaking science pursued by these researchers is poised to have a broad impact on human health,” said Tara A. Schwetz, deputy director for program coordination, planning, and strategic initiatives at NIH.

High-Risk, High-Reward: Details

Salil Garg is the assistant professor of laboratory medicine at Yale School of Medicine. He studies non-genetic heterogeneity. His lab includes molecular biology, weaving together genomics, cell biology, interdisciplinary science, machine learning techniques and systems biology. The lab is also conducting studies on cancer and stem cells but has main interest in mammalian physiology.

“Diyendo Massilani investigates the evolutionary history of modern and extinct human populations using ancient DNA. Sedona Murphy researches the interplay between epigenetic memory and 3D-genome organization across time scales and during development using super-resolution microscopy techniques,” reads the university's statement.

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A study co-led by Yale’s Jodi Sherman found that various countries are not able to meet their commitments to boost their healthcare systems' sustainability. Jodi Sherman is an associate professor of epidemiology in environmental health sciences at Yale School of Public Health and of anesthesiology at Yale School of Medicine and co-senior author of the new study.

“The health care sector is responsible for nearly 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and results in 4 million Disability Adjusted Life Years [a measure of years lost due to ill health, disability, or early death] lost annually. At the same time, people need more health care to treat climate and pollution-related diseases, and health systems must increase their resilience to severe weather-related events” said Jodi Sherman.

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