The Department of Preventive Medicine

The Department of Preventive Medicine at Griffin Hospital is actively engaged in graduate medical education and research activities. Currently, department hosts the only General Preventive Medicine Residency Program in the State of Connecticut. It also sponsors, with the Dept of Internal Medicine, a 4-year combined Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine Program. Department faculty and residents take active part in disease prevention and health promotion activities at Griffin Hospital and various other health and human service agencies across the nation. As a sole program in General Preventive Medicine in Connecticut, our department is actively engaged in developing and coordinating health promotion/disease prevention (HP/DP) programs in the Griffin Hospital primary service area. The Department maintains close relationships with the local and state health department. Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center is funded by the Center for Disease control and prevention and this center is engaged in multiple research studies. The Department of Preventive Medicine has developed a wide range of affiliations with private and public community medicine and public health organizations. These partnerships provide a richness and depth to the resident training experience, creating an outstanding community hospital-based education.