YSN in Media: Omer Talks Vaccines With Slate, WSJ, NPR
Fri, 09/03/2021
Director of the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) and Yale School of Nursing (YSN) affiliate Dr. Saad B. Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FIDSA, shared his expertise with multiple media outlets over the past few weeks.
He discussed the Biden Administration’s plans for booster shots on Slate’s “What Next...
New Award To Study Risk Model For Fractures in Persons With HIV
Thu, 09/02/2021
By Julie Parry
In people living with HIV, the disease itself, along with medications to treat the infection can cause long term side effects. Fragility fractures have been shown to occur at a higher rate in persons with HIV, than in their uninfected counterparts and has led to over $99M in excess...
N95 Mask Fittings Signal Start of Nursing Year
Mon, 08/30/2021
After months of applying, waiting, and preparing, new Nursing students launched the next phase of their careers on August 16 and 18 with their first piece of clinical equipment: a well-fitted N95 mask.
The process starts with a student wearing one of three sizes of mask and then donning a plastic,...
New Nursing Students Undeterred by COVID-19 Pandemic
Mon, 08/30/2021
Neither global pandemic nor rain nor wind of Tropical Storm Henri could keep new Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students from completion of orientation last week as the first class to conduct its application process during the COVID-19 public health crisis.
Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM, MPH,...
Nursing Names Associate Dean of Development & Alumni Affairs Ahead of University’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Capital Campaign
Thu, 08/26/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) recently announced Gail McCulloch as the incoming Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Affairs, just ahead of Yale’s next multi-year, multi-billion-dollar capital campaign that launches in October. McCulloch starts at YSN this week.
“I am thrilled to join the YSN...
Yale Corporation Awards Emeritus Status to Three Nursing Faculty
Thu, 08/19/2021
The Yale Corporation recently awarded emeritus status to Nursing faculty Jane Dixon, PhD, Linda Honan ’89 MSN, PhD, CNS-BC, RN, ANEF, FAAN, and Patricia Ryan-Krause ’81 MSN, MS, PCPNP-BC.
“It is fitting that their decades of institutional knowledge, wisdom, and service are recognized through this...
Handsome Dan Stars at Nursing Meet and Greet
Tue, 08/17/2021
Approximately one million adorable wrinkles and enthusiastic tail wagging heralded the start of Yale School of Nursing (YSN)’s most recent Welcome Wednesday event: a cookie break meet and greet with university mascot Handsome Dan XIX (also known as Kingman).
Kingman’s cameo is part of a larger...
