Robert Alpern: Creating an Inspired Medical School

Howie and Harlan are joined by Robert Alpern, a Yale nephrologist and the former dean of the Yale School of Medicine, to discuss the importance of a fiscal base for enabling a medical school to deliver top-quality training, research, and clinical care. Harlan asks whether widespread norovirus is a reason to call it quits on shaking hands. Howie reports on a study of the increased mortality among those with ADHD. “Nephrologist Robert Alpern Named Dean of Yale School of Medicine” “UT Southwestern: From Army” Shacks to Research Elites” “National Clinician Scholars Program” “A ‘bittersweet’ end: Historic merger creates one of the nation’s largest hospitals” “Yale New Haven Health: Smilow Cancer Hospital” “Alpern will not seek a fourth term as School of Medicine dean” “Alpern to Step Down After Current Term as Dean” “Cleveland Clinic: Norovirus” “State of Affairs: March 12: Flu, measles, norovirus, and interesting Pew results” “Norovirus has entered the chat” “ADHD Pharmacotherapy and Mortality in Individuals With ADHD” “Overdiagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents” “Racial Disparities in Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a US National Birth Cohort” “Longitudinal associations between digital media use and ADHD symptoms in children and adolescents: a systematic literature review” Learn more about the MBA for Executives program at Yale SOM. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.