Earlier this month, Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro cited research coauthored by Margaret L. Holland, PhD, MPH, MS in a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture advocating for the expansion of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during COVID-19 (coronavirus disease)....
Palliative Care Principles Can Ease COVID-19 Challenges
Tue, 04/21/2020
Yale School of Nursing faculty members Dena Schulman-Green, PhD (left) and Shelli Feder, PhD, APRN, NP-BC, ACHPN (center) recently partnered with Kathleen M. Akgün, MD, MS (right) from Yale School of Medicine to publish a set of palliative care strategies clinicians can use while fighting the COVID...
Vlahov Research Recommends COVID-19 Path Forward in Slums
Tue, 04/21/2020
In early April, Professor of Nursing and PhD Program Director David Vlahov, PhD, RN, FAAN, coauthored “Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 & Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements.” Vlahov is also the founding president of the International Society for Urban Health, a multi-...
In The Media: Hartford Courant: We will need nurses to get us through COVID-19 — and the next pandemic
Sat, 04/18/2020
Dean Ann Kurth: We have a finite number of nurses, and we must make sure they are protected.
Yale Health Experts on the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tue, 04/14/2020
Yale School of Nursing Dean Ann Kurth (left) and Saad Omer (right), director of the Yale Institute for Global Health and adjunct professor nursing, joined Yale University President Peter Salovey (center) for the fourth episode of Yale Talkin a conversation about COVID-19 response and the immediate...
In The Media: WNYC: Pregnancy in the Time of COVID-19
Thu, 04/02/2020
YSN Lecturer Sascha James-Conterelli, DNP, CNM, FACNM, President of the New York State Association of Licensed Midwives, and co-chair of Governor Cuomo’s Maternal Mortality and Racial Disparities Task Force and Elisabeth Benjamin, Vice President of Health Initiatives at the Community Service...
Principles on Holistic Admission and Spring 2020 Grades
Tue, 03/31/2020
Recognizing the challenges to teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Provost and Deans of Yale University adopted the following principle:
Yale’s admissions offices for graduate and professional schools evaluate applicants holistically and will take the significant disruptions of...
Yale leaders talk about COVID-19: School of Nursing Dean Ann Kurth
Tue, 03/31/2020
Dean Ann Kurth discusses how the Yale School of Nursing is responding to this crisis and how nurses are uniquely positioned to provide care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Health System Prepares for COVID-19: Nurses Lead the Way
Mon, 03/30/2020
Once it became apparent that COVID-19 was an imminent threat to population health and the capacity of Connecticut’s health systems, Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) prepared for the inevitable surge of cases. The health system spans the Connecticut coast and encompasses Yale New Haven,...
COVID-19 UPDATE: Caring While Keeping Safe Virtual Panel
Wed, 03/25/2020
COVID-19 UPDATE: Caring While Keeping Safe Virtual Panel
Thursday, March 26, 2020
12:00 - 1:00PM
Sponsored by the Department of Internal Medicine’s Office of Global Health (OGH), this virtual
teleconference will provide an update to our community on current local strategies to prevent
and control...
Yale Experts Address Latest Coronavirus Developments in Virtual Town Hall Event
Thu, 03/19/2020
Seven experts from Yale and New Haven, including Dean Ann Kurth, provided the latest information about the coronavirus pandemic and answered questions from members of the public at a “virtual town hall” convened by the Yale School of Public Health.
Epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves of the School of...
Yale Virtual Town Hall to Address the Latest on Pandemic
Tue, 03/17/2020
A panel of seven experts from Yale and the City of New Haven, including Dean Ann Kurth, will meet in a virtual town hall Wednesday (March 18) to inform the public and policymakers on the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic.
The wide-ranging discussion will address and answer questions...
In The Media: Dean Ann Kurth on UnfilteredSE on CNN with SE Cupp to discuss the latest on the coronavirus outbreak.
Sun, 03/08/2020
“This is no time for politics or partisanship, we have to have fact-based science that’s led by people who know what they are doing, which is your public health and healthcare workers on the ground.” Dean Ann Kurth on UnfilteredSE on CNN with SE Cupp to discuss the latest on the coronavirus...
In The Media: International Edition: Covid-19: How can we stop the global outbreak?
Mon, 03/02/2020
On International Edition, a discussion with Dr. Saad Omer: How can we stop the global outbreak?
In The Media: We can’t stop the coronavirus now. But we can be ready for it.
Wed, 02/26/2020
“The impact [of COVID-19] can be reduced…It depends on how our leaders communicate the ever-changing risk, whether disease-control measures follow science,… and whether we treat each other with dignity and compassion.” - Dr. Saad B. Omer
In The Media: What You Need to Know About COVID19 With Dr. Saad Omer via Conversations on Health Care Radio Show
Mon, 02/24/2020
Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter ‘80 MSN, APRN, PhD, FAAN, FAANP, speak with Dr. Saad Omer, Director of the Yale Institute for Global Health, on the expanding COVID-19 outbreak. A renowned epidemiologist, Dr. Omer discusses the best protocols against spread of the Coronavirus epidemic, the need...
Reproductive and Infertility Clinic Opens on West Campus | Expands Partnership Between YSN & Yale Medicine
Fri, 02/21/2020
The Yale Medicine (YM) Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) section opened earlier this month as the first YM clinical practice on West Campus. YM and Yale School of Nursing (YSN) leaders are hoping the introduction of REI paves the way for other clinical programs to relocate to the...
PEPFAR’s Investments in Rwanda Helped Boost Health Workforce, But Future Programs Should More Comprehensively Support Long-Term Capacity
Fri, 02/14/2020
“People with HIV are living longer, which means they have long-term HIV care needs while also needing care to manage other diseases and to enhance their quality of life. Supporting the entirety of their needs depends on the same strong health system that is needed to address all people’s health...
Fellowship Opportunity Through the Yale Insitiute For Global Health
Tue, 02/04/2020
Emerging pandemic infections, the dramatic rise in non-communicable diseases, planetary health, and other issues will be at the forefront of complex global health challenges in the next decade. To meet these challenges, the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) aims to contribute to the...
In The Media: Davos 2020: Want to stop an outbreak in its tracks? Start with trust
Fri, 01/31/2020
HEALTHDAVOS
Want to stop an outbreak in its tracks? Start with trust
BY CLIFTON LEAF
January 21, 2020 6:39 PM EST
DAVOS, Switzerland—The key to building resilient health care systems around the world is rebuilding trust in health care. That was one of the fundamental points made in a fascinating...
