Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center
AbbreviationPRC
Formation1998
TypeAcademic research center
PurposePreventing chronic diseases
HeadquartersGriffin Hospital, Derby, Connecticut
Principal investigator
Rafael Perez-Escamilla
Directors
Kathleen O'Connor Duffany and Beth Comerford
Main organ
Griffin Hospital, Yale School of Public Health
Websitewww.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.

References

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


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