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Understanding Opioid Use Disorder

Researchers from Yale and Penn Medicine have created a new center that focuses on neuroimaging to improve our understanding of opioid use disorders and finding new treatments.

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CS + Economics

A new joint major in computer science and economics will offer Yale undergraduates hands-on research opportunities and prepare them to leave their mark on the world’s digital economy.

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Heart Disease

When it comes to heart disease, the health of the scaffold where cardiac cells grow may be a much bigger factor than previously believed.

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Unexpected Chemicals

Yale researchers discover that chemical reactions in flavored liquids of the popular Juul e-cigarette create unexpected chemicals that can irritate users’ airways.

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Recycling Robots

Yale researchers will examine whether a collaboration between humans and robots can improve the efficiency and profitability of the world’s threatened recycling sector.

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Heart cells’ environment a potentially major factor in heart disease

When it comes to heart disease, the health of the scaffold where cardiac cells grow may be a much bigger factor than previously believed.

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Faculty Spotlight
W. Mark Saltzman

W. Mark Saltzman
Goizueta Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering & Physiology

W. Mark Saltzman's research is motivated by the desire to create safer and more effective medical and surgical therapy. He focuses on tissue engineering and on creating better methods for drug delivery. The Saltzman Research Group has developed technology based on the use of bio-compatible polymeric materials for the controlled delivery of drugs, proteins, and genes.