AREA PEOPLE OF NOTE

Stephanie Halene, MD, PhD, has been appointed Chief of Hematology at Yale Cancer Center, Smilow Cancer Hospital and the Yale School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine. As Chief of Hematology, Halene will oversee the DeLuca Center for Innovation in Hematology Research to aid in the translation of Yale Cancer Center laboratory discoveries to our clinics, establish a hematology biobank, and nurture the development of young investigators in hematology research through career development awards and mentorship. The DeLuca Center will propel hematology research at Yale over the next decade. Halene joined the faculty at Yale in 2006 after completing her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Hematology at Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale Cancer Center. She received her medical degree and doctorate degree from Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in Tübingen, Germany. In 2015, she was presented the Sir William Osler Young Investigator Award. Locally, Halene has served on the Board of Directors for Music Haven, a nonprofit organization providing free music lessons to New Haven Public School students, since 2014.

North Haven Garden Club members Sue Dannenhoffer and Fran Notaro in December transformed the North Haven Broadway Memorial Garden Island into a winter scape. A Christmas tree, candy canes, winter greens with a elf in the bicycle, tiny reindeer, bobbles and bows and red moose. This is one of the many spots around town that members of the North Haven Garden Club decorate for all the enjoy. Visit the North Haven Garden Club on Facebook for lots of useful and entertaining information and pictures of all the club does in town.