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Interested in becoming a pharmacy technician?

The next session of YNHH’s Pharmacy Technician Training program begins Sept. 18. The 23-week program is a hybrid course model that includes both self-paced online and onsite experiential instruction. Program benefits include preferred hire for graduates and available tuition-waiver options. Learn more about the requirements and application process by contacting Sharee Parker, program director, at [email protected].

Simulation center grant will support programs for high school students

The Yale Center for Healthcare Simulation will receive a $1.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) learning for underrepresented high school students in New Haven. The five-year grant will support the simulation center’s Simulation Academy at Yale – Youth Entering Science (SAY-YES!) project. The project includes fostering mentoring communities of Yale undergraduates, medical students and Yale New Haven Health residents to work with SAY-YES! students.