In the Media: New York Times: She Was Pregnant With Twins During Covid. Why Did Only One Survive?
Thu, 08/13/2020
YSN Lecturer and Chair-elect of the GEPN Program Sascha James-Conterelli, DNP, CNM, FACNM, talked to the New York Times in her capacity as President of the New York State Association of Licensed Midwives and co-chair of Governor Cuomo’s Maternal Mortality and Racial Disparities Task Force. The...
Dr. LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FAAN, Dr. Saad B. Omer MBBS, MPH, PhD, FIDSA, and Dr. Robin Whittemore, PhD, APRN, FAAN, are serving on working groups established by the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) to address the priorities identified in the University Science Strategy Committee (USSC)...
Vlahov Partners with NYU for COVID-19 Research on Transit Workers
Thu, 07/30/2020
David Vlahov, PhD, RN, FAAN is contributing his expertise as a nurse, an epidemiologist, and infectious disease authority to a team with the NYU School of Global Public Health to study the impact of COVID-19 on New York City’s transit workers.
“Our research will assess the health risks transit...
Need a Nurse for That? Listen to YSN Alum’s Podcast
Tue, 07/21/2020
Angelarosa DiDonato ’18 DNP has an oft-repeated saying: “I have a nurse for that!” And if you listen to her Amplify Nursing podcast, you can hear how true that is.
An early episode features a chat with retired Rear Admiral Karen Flaherty-Oxler, MSN, RN, the first woman CEO of the Corporal Michael J...
YSN Exceeds Annual Fund Goal for 2019-2020 Campaign
Fri, 07/17/2020
Thank you to the many YSN alumni and friends who helped us exceed our $165,000 goal for the
2019-2020 Annual Fund campaign! These funds will address critical current needs, such as increased financial aid and enhanced resources for teaching and research.
Surpassing our goal wouldn’t have been...
From Engineering to Nursing, Cisco Partnership Yields Face Shields
Wed, 07/15/2020
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) recently received 1,000 injection-molded face shields, the result of a collaboration with Cisco.
John Marshall, Distinguished Engineer and founding member of the Cisco volunteer team, said the partnership with YSN began in the Department of Computer Science. Assistant...
Nelson addresses Anti-black racism, COVID-19 inequities during International Conference
Mon, 07/13/2020
On July 10, YSN Associate Dean for Global Health & Equity Dr. LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FAAN participated in a panel during the International AIDS Society COVID-19 Conference, a virtual meeting that also featured Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx. During the presentation, “Anti-...
Yale School of Nursing Launches COVID-19 Toolkit Website
Fri, 06/26/2020
Over the past two months, Yale School of Nursing (YSN) has been working to identify resources to support providers in lower-resourced settings during the global COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic. The result of those efforts is the COVID-19 Nursing Toolkit.
“By April, it became clear that we...
Nursing Entrepreneurs Launch Online Mental Health Practice to Address COVID-19 Needs
Tue, 06/23/2020
Dr. Pritma Dhillon-Chattha ’18 DNP, MHA, RN and Dr. Brighid A. Gannon ’18 DNP, PMHNP-BC first connected as classmates at YSN in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. Dhillon-Chattha owns a cosmetics injectables company among other ventures, and Gannon founded Ivy Psychiatry, a nursing home...
Vlahov Research Traces State Pandemic Response for People Who Use Drugs
Wed, 06/17/2020
David Vlahov, PhD, RN, FAAN, recently published the research paper “A Community Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study in Protecting the Health and Human Rights of People Who Use Drugs” for the Journal of Urban Healthwith Yale colleagues Robert Heimer, PhD of the School of Public Health...
