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Pre and Postdoctoral Training in Self and Family Management

The purpose of this pre and postdoctoral training program funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Nursing Research is to prepare nurse researchers to contribute to the science of self and family management of chronic illness, especially cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes or risk for the development of these conditions. Pre and postdoctoral trainees work with faculty from YSN and across Yale University who are making significant contributions to self and family management research. The program focuses on the development of knowledge and the understanding of self and family management, development of interventions, and the testing of these interventions.


Predoctoral Program

The predoctoral program prepares beginning nurse researchers with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand self-management of chronic illness and to develop and test interventions. The program builds on the current YSN doctoral program by adding substantive and methodological content in the conceptual basis of self and family management of illness and coursework on research in either cancer, cardiovascular disease, or diabetes, research experience with family conducting research in self and family management, and allows trainees the opportunity for indepth study in a cognate area related to self and family management.

Students admitted to the YSN doctoral program will be invited to apply if their research interests are commensurate with the program. Potential applicants are welcome to contact the program directors for more information.


Postdoctoral Program

Postdoctoral training builds on the predoctoral program and prepares the investigator to conduct more complex studies that involve an interdisciplinary perspective on self and family management and the need for sophisticated analytic techniques. Postdoctoral trainees will work with experienced faculty researchers on ongoing studies, participate in interdisciplinary training programs in specified centers within Yale University, and develop a proposal for extramural funding.


Application Form

Application materials are due March 15 with fellowships beginning September 1.

Application Form for Pre and Postdoctoral Training in Self and Family Management (.doc)


Program Director

Nancy Reynolds, PhD, RN, C-NP, FAAN
Professor
Director, Doctoral Program
Director, Training Program in Self and Family Management
nancy.reynolds@yale.edu

Core Faculty


Barbara J. Guthrie, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Interim GEPN Specialty Director
barbara.guthrie@yale.edu

Tish Knobf, PhD, RN, FAAN, AOCN
Professor
American Cancer Society Professor Oncology Nursing
Adult Advanced Practice Program
tish.knobf@yale.edu

Ruth McCorkle, PhD, RN, FAAN
Florence Schorske Wald Professor of Nursing
ruth.mccorkle@yale.edu

Nancy S. Redeker, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
Professor
Associate Dean for Scholarly Affairs
Adult Advanced Practice Nursing Specialty
nancy.redeker@yale.edu

Lois S. Sadler, PhD, APRN-BC, PNP
Associate Professor
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Pediatric Nursing Practitioner Specialty
Associate Professor - Yale Child Study Center
lois.sadler@yale.edu

Lawrence David Scahill, MSN, PhD
Professor
Psychiatric-Mental Health Specialty
Professor - Yale Child Study Center
lawrence.scahill@yale.edu

Robin Whittemore, PhD, APRN
Associate Professor
Doctoral Program
robin.whittemore@yale.edu


Additional Postdoctoral Training Opportunities

Other postdoctoral training opportunities may be arranged. The School of Nursing has two types of postdoctoral appointees: Fellows, who are funded directly from an outside source (i.e., individual NRSA) and are trainees, not employees, and Associates, who are supported by Yale-administered research grants or contracts in order to provide essential services related to the supported research and who are Yale employees.

The program director, Nancy Reynolds, can be contacted for more information. All postdoctoral appointees at Yale University follow the policies of the Provost's Office. International appointees must register with the Office of International Students and Scholars upon arrival at Yale. If postdoctoral appointees are fully funded by their governments, they are not permitted to earn a supplemental salary from Yale sources.

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