As part of an ongoing effort at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) to better understand rare diseases, a team spanning multiple departments and specialties from YSM and Yale New Haven Hospital has received a $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to join the Undiagnosed Diseases Network as a new Diagnostic Center of Excellence. The Yale Diagnostic Center of Excellence (YDCoE) will partner with key stakeholders in the community such as Fair Haven Community Health Care to increase genetic testing and diagnostic efforts in the Yale New Haven Health System and other health care systems in the state of Connecticut for patients with unexplained or undiagnosed symptoms, especially those from underserved groups.
To learn more, read the press release here.