Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center
Abbreviation PRC
Motto Building healthier communities together
Formation 1998
Type Academic research center
Purpose Preventing chronic diseases
Headquarters Griffin Hospital, Derby, Connecticut
Principal investigator
 Jeannette R. Ickovics
Director
 David L. Katz
Main organ
 Griffin Hospital, Yale School of Public Health
Website www.yalegriffinprc.org

The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center is one of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)'s 26 Prevention Research Centers. It was established in 1998 with a grant from the CDC. It is part of the Yale School of Public Health, and is based at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut.[1] It also operates out of the Community Alliance for Research Engagement at Yale University. Its focuses are the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases such as obesity and heart disease. The Center's director is David L. Katz.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center". www.yalegriffinprc.org. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  2. ↑ "Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center". Yale Center for Clinical Investigation.
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