June 6, 2023
The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) community gathered on May 18 to celebrate the 43rd annual induction of new members to the Delta Mu chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International...
May 17, 2023
The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Class of 2023 will soon launch their careers across the country and around the world. With that in mind, YSN faculty are sharing their best...
May 12, 2023
On International Day of the Midwife on May 5, Commencement student standard bearer Jenilee Jaquez ’23 MSN and Specialty Co-Director Tamika Julien DNP, CNM, WHNP-BC, CLC ...
May 9, 2023
Jenliee Jaquez ‘23 MSN and Specialty Co-Director Dr. Tamika Julien.
International Day of Midwife takes place on May 5, and this year Yale School of Nursing (YSN) checked in...
May 4, 2023
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is delighted to announce US Treasurer and Chief of the Mohegan Tribe Lynn Malerba ’15 DNP as the 2023 Commencement speaker. Dr. Malerba made...
April 28, 2023
Left to right: honoree Anita Onuoha, honoree Kailu Shannon-Frolich, YSN Interim Dean Holly Powell Kennedy, honoree Michelle D., speaker Michael Shirima
Yale School of...
April 27, 2023
Deena Kelly Costa recently joined the Yale School of Nursing faculty. In an interview with YaleNews, she talks about her research, policy work, and a celebrity encounter.
By...
April 25, 2023
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) affiliates presented their latest scholarly research at the 15th Annual YNHHS Janet Parkosewich Nursing Research Conference at the Yale West...
April 19, 2023
President Peter Salovey and New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker presented Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Lecturer in Nursing Heather Reynolds ’80 MSN, CNM, FACNM with an Ivy Award...
April 18, 2023
by Elisabeth Reitman
April 14 is World Chagas Disease Day. Since its discovery in 1909 by Brazilian researcher Carlos Ribeiro Justiniano Chagas, a Chagas disease epidemic has...
April 5, 2023
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) was well represented at the Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS) conference in Philadelphia, as students, faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and...
April 3, 2023
Emami is an internationally recognized nursing leader who has called attention to the key role nurses can play in improving care in underserved communities.
Azita Emami, an...
March 29, 2023
Gustavo Carrillo, simulation lab technologist
The figure on the bed moans as blood seeps from her head wound. She starts to breathe erratically and her pulse skyrockets,...
March 28, 2023
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) recently hosted nearly 100 guests for Admitted Students Day, a program designed to help admitted students envision themselves thriving as Yale...
March 27, 2023
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students, faculty, and alumni in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) specialty recently presented their scholarship at the National...
March 20, 2023
Stepping away from a classroom lab space for a packed theater house, the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Simulation Team recently (figuratively) took the Yale Repertory Theatre ...
March 13, 2023
The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Post-Master’s Clinical Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program is designed for Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) who have graduated from an MSN...
March 13, 2023
The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Post-Master’s DNP Program in Healthcare Leadership, Systems, and Policy is designed for working nurse leaders seeking to further advance...
January 23, 2023
By Elizabeth Lin
As an alumnus of the Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS) at the Yale School of Public Health, S. Raquel Ramos understands the value of...
December 19, 2022
Catch up on everything you missed in 2022 with our Top 12 stories of the year. Enjoy!
1 | Yale Pledges $50 Million to YSN Over Five Years
Yale announced an unprecedented $50...
December 14, 2022
After seven years leading Yale School of Nursing (YSN), Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM, MPH, FAAN, FACNM departs on December 31 for the top leadership post at the New York...
December 1, 2022
In a Q&A, Cayo, a nurse practitioner and an educator interested in classroom innovation, discusses her approach to teaching, her research, and more.
By Mallory Locklear...
November 30, 2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) announces the launch of its first-ever online master of science in nursing (MSN) course of study: a three-year, part-time Psychiatric-Mental...
November 29, 2022
Wendy Underwood Naratil ’83 and Thomas C. Naratil ’83 have established an endowed professorship at the Yale School of Nursing to improve acute care training—and unlock...
November 18, 2022
By Steve Blum ’74
Brought together by a shared hunger to grow as leaders, more than 80 applicants — 50 graduate/professional students alongside 30 undergrads — convened with...
November 10, 2022
By Jim Shelton
Make way for the vaccine van.
A new “pop-up” clinic makes getting the updated, bivalent COVID-19 booster shot even more convenient by bringing health-giving...
November 9, 2022
As she welcomed the crowd to the New Nurses Celebration on October 6, Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Associate Dean of Student Life Erin Morelli ’02 MSN, CNM, CLC, RN, FACNM,...
November 4, 2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Associate Dean for Equity Dr. Angela Richard-Eaglin, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, CDE® recently connected with Dr. Lynn Malerba ’15 DNP, 18th ...
October 28, 2022
By Mallory Locklear
Before pursuing a career in nursing, Bridget Basile Ibrahim was an anthropologist. At their core, she says, the two fields are actually quite similar:...
October 11, 2022
Dr. S. Raquel Ramos, PhD, MBA, MSN, FNP-BC is Associate Professor at the Yale School of Nursing and jointly appointed at the Yale School of Public Health Social and...
October 5, 2022
The journey to the birth center in Atiak, Uganda, takes the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) midwifery group nearly 24 hours on a plane from New York to Dubai to Kampala and then...
September 30, 2022
The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Simulation Team spends every semester tailoring “sim” exercises to specific clinical and academic needs. The annual mass-casualty disaster...
September 23, 2022
By Kevin Dennehy
Holly Powell Kennedy, an internationally renowned midwifery investigator and educator at Yale School of Nursing, will serve as the school’s interim dean...
August 22, 2022
Have you heard this one? An advice columnist, an opera singer, and a Girl Scout walk into Yale School of Nursing (YSN). Punchline: they all serve as Orientation Leaders (OLs...
August 16, 2022
This piece was originally publishin in YaleNews.
By Mallory Locklear
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical role nurses play in health care — millions of nurses...
August 1, 2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) recently celebrated the selection of three faculty for Fellowship in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN): Associate Professor Dr. Soohyun Nam...
June 29, 2022
Yale School of Nursing Alumni Association (YSNAA) recently concluded the Newborns in Need project by delivering baby books to the Yale New Haven Hospital Neonatal Intensive...
June 23, 2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) alumnus Dr. Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba ’15 DNP will make history as the first Native American to serve as Treasurer of the United States, and when...
June 21, 2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) saluted preceptors in every specialty and the Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN) program at the 4th Annual Preceptor Appreciation Day...
June 16, 2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) celebrated Commencement for the Class of 2022 on Old Campus and a diploma ceremony on school grounds on May 23. And for the first time in three...
June 10, 2022
Nurse Midwifery/Women’s Health student Ashleigh Evans ’23 MSN placed first in the graduate student division of the TedxNewHaven competition and will make her winning...
June 1, 2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) gathered to celebrate the newest class of the Delta Mu chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Society of Nursing on May 19.
In her remarks...
May 27, 2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) celebrated the humor, heartbreak, and hope of nursing at the 19th Annual Creative Writing Awards on May 5. The top three finishers each received...
May 18, 2022
Members of the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Classes of 2020 and 2021 returned to Yale on Saturday, May 14, to celebrate an especially hard-won Commencement.
As Dean Ann...
May 10, 2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is delighted to announce the 2022 winners of the Distinguished Alumni Award: Shannon Fitzgerald ’80 MSN, Mary Geary ’74 MSN, and Beth Baldwin...
May 6, 2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is celebrating Nurses Week (May 6-12) by sharing insight and expertise from YSN faculty. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter ...
May 4, 2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) celebrated the annual Sybil Palmer Bellos Lecture and Wisser Tea on April 26 with a “Climate Change and Health” presentation by Yale School of...
May 3, 2022
Independence Foundation Associate Professor Dr. LaRon Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN and Professor of Nursing David Vlahov, PhD, RN, FAAN have continued to engage...
April 27, 2022
Three Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students recently earned honors for their artistic work in the 2022 PHM Health Professions Creative Medical Writing and Art Contest, an...
April 25, 2022
When Ami Marshall ’04 MSN, EdD, APRN, ANP-C, was an RN-entry student at YSN, she always knew she wanted to come back and teach. After a few years as a part-time lecturer, she...
April 20, 2022
By Mallory Locklear
Christine Rodriguez is dedicated to health care. She teaches clinical skills at the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) and provides transgender care to patients...
April 18, 2022
By Mallory Locklear
After graduating from Yale School of Management in 1993, Brian Roach spent 18 years in the banking industry. His career included stops in New York City,...
April 12, 2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is pleased to announce Dr. Xiaomei Cong, PhD, RN, FAAN, as the new Associate Dean of Research (ADR). Dr. Cong is one of the first U.S. nurse...
April 11, 2022
As Yale School of Nursing (YSN) looks ahead to its centennial in 2023, a second milestone is approaching the five-decade mark the following year: the arrival of hospice care...
April 4, 2022
Roger Lee ’94 recently made a $5 million gift to Yale School of Nursing (YSN) to honor the legacy of his mother, hospice nursing pioneer Gayle Lee, RN, MHA. The extraordinary...
March 24, 2022
By Rosalind D’Eugenio
Five students from diverse fields of study at Yale collaborated to solve a global health challenge and take home this year’s first prize and $6,...
March 16, 2022
By Mallory Locklear
Nathan Levitt recently joined the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) faculty as a lecturer and director of LGBTQ and Gender Justice Learning. When he isn’t...
February 25, 2022
Yesterday evening Yale University President Peter Salovey and Provost Scott Strobel announced a historic commitment to Yale School of Nursing (YSN): $50 million in endowed...
February 23, 2022
By Mallory Locklear
In the United States, 5% to 10% of adults 65 and older are victims of elder abuse and mistreatment, public health experts say. Yet only one in 24 cases is...
February 22, 2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) welcomed David P. King to the Dean’s Leadership Council (DLC) in January. The DLC group of YSN supporters includes Yale alumni and friends who...
February 7, 2022
According to the latest annual Gallup rating of various professions, nurses lead the nation in ratings for honesty and ethics for the 20th consecutive year.
Physicians are...
February 3, 2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Associate Dean for Global Affairs & Planetary Health Dr. LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN served as the Principal...
January 21, 2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) attracts top-notch students from across the country and around the world, but it also recognizes exceptional talent closer to campus. The Hill...
January 5, 2022
Fredericka “Freddie” Grant has been a member of the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) community for two decades, first as a member of Academic Affairs and now as the Senior...
January 3, 2022
A committee that includes Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM, MPH, FAAN, recently launched “Closing Evidence Gaps in Clinical Prevention,” a new consensus study report from the...
December 22, 2021
Yale School of Nursing’s (YSN) Helen Varney Professor of Midwifery Dr. Holly Kennedy, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN cohosted the “Normal Labour & Birth: 20 Years of Evidence and...
December 20, 2021
While reviewing preceptor data for the 2020-21 school year, Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Associate Director of the Clinical Support Unit Tracy Chidsey made an astonishing...
December 15, 2021
Caitlin Blacksmith, M.Ed, arrived at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) two years ago as the Institutional Research Analyst. She has extensive experience in educational research...
December 14, 2021
Two years ago, Director of the Midwifery Faculty Practice Erin Morelli ’02 MSN, CNM, CLC, RN, FACNM decided that the best way for her Yale School of Nursing (YSN) first-year...
December 10, 2021
As a mental health professional for more than a decade, Andrena McGroarty ’11 MSN, PMHNP-BC, RN readily recognized their symptoms of burnout earlier this year. Encouraged in...
November 29, 2021
Eddie Quiles is the Senior Administrative Assistant for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (OEDI). A former history teacher, who transitioned to Yale 12 years ago...
November 22, 2021
The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Alumni Board recently shared leadership changes for the current and upcoming terms. The board partners with YSN alumni, current students and...
November 19, 2021
By: Allison Bensinger
The Zoom room opened and, within a minute, more than 100 middle school and high school students joined the online webinar. They began filling the chat...
November 18, 2021
On Veterans Day the Yale Alumni Association (YAA) welcomed three Yale School of Nursing (YSN) veterans to its ongoing “Careers, Life, and Yale” series. Tim McGehee ’22 MSN,...
November 17, 2021
Rebekah Kaplan ’89 MSN, CNM, died on November 16 after a bicycle accident. As a midwife of over 30 years her career spanned the North Central Bronx to UCSF/San Francisco...
November 8, 2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) partnered with the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC) to cohost the “Graduate Forum & Global Youth Summit on Net-Zero Future...
November 5, 2021
Jenna DesJardins started as the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Director of Research on June 14. She brings 20 years of experience working with both federal and non-federal...
November 5, 2021
Courtesy of Yale News
Representatives from nearly 200 countries are in Glasgow, Scotland this month for the 26thUnited Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP26, which aims...
November 3, 2021
On October 22, the Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN) students at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) swapped their scrubs for dressier duds and cheered their classmates...
November 2, 2021
A team of Yale School of Nursing (YSN) faculty, students, and collaborators recently published the results of a five-year NIH-funded randomized controlled trial in SLEEP –...
October 28, 2021
DNP student Christie Torres, MSN, RN, APRN, FNP-BC recently created “Climate Change and Renal Health: Awareness and Education Toolkit for Healthcare Providers.” As Torres...
October 26, 2021
On the kind of day that prompts residents to extoll the superior glories of a New England fall, the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (...
October 25, 2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) faculty, in partnership with The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), Saraya Co. Ltd., and Best Sanitizers, Inc., have designed and produced a...
October 18, 2021
Dr. Janene Batten, EdD, grew up in Adelaide, South Australia and arrived in the US in 1993. She began her career as a librarian at Bridgeport Hospital, where she worked for...
October 13, 2021
Dr. Margaret Flinter ’80 MSN, PhD, APRN, was honored last week with the Yale-Jefferson Award, a recognition of outstanding public service across a 40-year nursing career...
October 11, 2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Professor Dr. LaRon Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN is leading a $7 million study funded by the National Institute of Allergy &...
October 6, 2021
Today Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is sponsoring, leading, and presenting at the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) advanced methods conference: “Inclusion...
October 4, 2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is full of clinicians who love pregnancy and babies. Studying them, researching them, and teaching the next generation of midwives all about them...
October 1, 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...
September 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...
September 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...
September 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...
September 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...
September 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...
September 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...