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Nursing’s Nam Assesses an Insomnia Intervention for Black Women

Fri, 10/01/2021
by Rick Harrison When Dr. Soohyun Nam meets with female members of predominantly Black churches, the conversation often shifts from her advertised topics of obesity and sleep difficulties to what the women perceive as the source of many of their health problems: stress. “We would be talking about...

Staff Series: Jeanetsey Prates Anticipates Faculty Needs

Thu, 09/23/2021
Jeanetsey Prates began her Yale School of Nursing (YSN) journey almost by accident. While working as a university temp, her boss encouraged her to apply to YSN if an opening was available. “I miss working at YSN,” the supervisor told Prates. When a new job became available, Prates got an interview...

Nursing DNP Alum Yolo Promoted to Direct Nurses at 18 Hospitals

Thu, 09/23/2021
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) graduate of the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Dr. Ron Yolo ’21 DNP, MBA, MSN was recently promoted to Chief Nursing officer (CNO) of the Southern California Division of CommonSpirit Health, where he will be responsible for the nursing enterprise of 18 hospitals.  In...

Redeker Testifies to NIH on Nursing Research about Minority Health, Disparities

Thu, 09/16/2021
Beatrice Renfield Term Professor of Nursing Dr. Nancy S. Redeker, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN recently provided comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a new entity within NIH proposed by the Biden Administration that would focus on...

Crowley Essay Explains Lifetime Devotion to Nursing

Tue, 09/14/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Professor Emerita Dr. Angela Crowley, PhD, APRN, PNP-BC, FAAN was recently featured in a Yale Alumni Magazine piece highlighting a collection of essays describing career-long devotions to an area of subject matter expertise.  While few of her high school classmates...

New Associate Dean for Equity Starts at Nursing

Tue, 09/14/2021
September marks the on-campus arrival of Dr. Angela Richard-Eaglin, DNP, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, Yale School of Nursing (YSN)’s first fulltime Associate Dean for Equity (ADE). A member of Dean Kurth’s senior leadership team, Dr. Richard-Eaglin will collaborate with stakeholders across the YSN and Yale...

Staff Series: Ekaterina Ginzburg Drives Teaching and Learning Innovation

Fri, 09/10/2021
Ekaterina Ginzburg started at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) nine years ago with a singular responsibility: to support the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. Now as the Director of Academic Support, Instructional Technology and Design, she drives teaching and learning innovation, evaluation,...