Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

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.

Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

Abbreviation	PRC
Formation	1998
Type	Academic research center
Purpose	Preventing chronic diseases
Headquarters	Griffin 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
Website	www.yalegriffinprc.org