In The Media: Is America Ready for Another Outbreak?
Mon, 01/27/2020
NYT Opinion piece: Is America Ready for Another Outbreak? Dr. Saad Omer, YSN faculty member and Director of the Yale Institute for Global Health, says no, but there are clear steps the government needs to take.
Apply to Present at All Points West 2020!
Fri, 01/24/2020
The WSPC is excited to open applications for trainees to present their research at All Points West 2020 on Friday, April 17th!
We will select two trainees (students, postgrads, postdocs) from each of the 7 West Campus institutes and from the Yale School of Nursing to present a 5-minute lightning...
Call for Applications: The 2020 Public Voices Fellowship on the Climate Crisis
Wed, 01/15/2020
Delighted to announce an exciting new initiative - the inaugural Public Voices Fellowship on the Climate Crisis. The goal of the project is to bring new, diverse voices into the national climate conversation via training in op-ed writing and thought leadership. Please consider applying and/or...
Food as a Healing Agent
Fri, 12/20/2019
The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is a five-minute walk from the Yale Landscape Lab (YLL), and that proximity has forged a symbiotic relationship between the West Campus neighbors.
Michelle Kennedy ’05 MSN, APRN, enjoys bringing Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN) students into the urban...
New Issue of Yale Nursing Matters Magazine Available Today!
Fri, 12/20/2019
In the issue, you will learn about YSN partnerships close to home on West Campus and far abroad in countries around the world. Plus, check out our cover story about Travis McCann ‘20 MSN and Joe Albertario ‘20 MSN and their big plans for two new apps.
Explore the Partnerships Issue.
Diversity: REACH Is Accepting Applications for Its Training Program
Mon, 11/25/2019
REACH (Recognizing and Eliminating disparities in Addiction through Culturally-informed Healthcare) is seeking applicants for its second training program.
REACH is a five-year initiative funded by SAMHSA to cultivate leaders in the Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine fields and to increase...
Yale Researchers Contribute to Landmark Report on Health and Climate Change
Fri, 11/15/2019
Climate change is already damaging the health of the world’s children and threatens the wellbeing of an entire generation unless the world meets Paris Agreement targets to limit global warming to well below 2°C, according to a major new report co-authored by scientists from the Yale School of...
Dean Co-authors Paper on the Public Health Crisis of Underimmunization
Thu, 11/07/2019
Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM, MPH, FAAN recently coauthored the paper “The Public Health Crisis of Underimmunization: A Global Plan of Action”in the United Kingdom journal “The Lancet.”
In summary, the piece concludes that vaccination is one of public health’s greatest achievements,...
Congratulations to Living Legend Linda Schwartz
Thu, 10/24/2019
Congratulations to Linda Schwartz ’84 MSN, ’98 DrPH, RN, FAAN, who is being celebrated as a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing this year.
“Linda’s humility, persistence, good humor, and dedication to the country, to veterans, and the profession are exemplary,” said Dean Ann Kurth ’90...
Nancy Schmieder Redeker has been awarded NIH funding to address the need for studies of factors that contribute to cognitive impairment and dementia in people with Heart Failure
Wed, 10/23/2019
Nancy Schmieder Redeker, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN has been awarded NIH funding to address the need for studies of factors that contribute to cognitive impairment and dementia in people with Heart Failure, a group at high risk for cognitive impairment. This is aligned with the NIH focus on addressing...
Sustainable Health Initiative: Accelerator Applications Now Open!
Wed, 10/23/2019
Are you a current Yale students, alumni, fellows, trainees, and/or faculty members? If so, you are encouraged to apply to the Sustainable Health Initiative (SHI) Accelerator Scholarship. SHI provides a unique opportunity for early to mid-stage ventures to participate in a global health business...
2019 Lorraine Spranzo Nursing Scholarship Available
Wed, 10/09/2019
The 2019 Lorraine Spranzo Nursing Scholarship is now available.
Eligible candidates will be exemplary graduate students matriculated in an accredited graduate program in a Connecticut college or university, or a Connecticut resident matriculated in an accredited graduate nursing program out of...
Dr. Sasha James-Conterelli Discusses Why Women in America Are Dying From Childbirth
Wed, 10/02/2019
We’re making a difference by reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality!
Shamefully, maternal mortality has gone up in the US, and African-American women have rates 3 times higher than white women. YSN faculty member Sascha James-Conterelli, DNP, CNM, FACNM is providing leadership to...
Dean Kurth Appointed to Yale’s Climate Action Task Force
Mon, 09/23/2019
Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM, MPH, FAAN is serving on a task force assembled by President Peter Salovey to explore how the university can achieve net zero carbon emissions as part of Yale’s Climate Action initiative. The task force will submit its findings in spring 2020.
The other members of...
Ruth McCorkle Remembrance
Thu, 08/29/2019
The Yale School of Nursing community is saddened to share the news that Dr. Ruth McCorkle, PHD, RN, FAPOS, FAAN, died peacefully at her home in Connecticut on August 17, surrounded by her family.
“Ruth was a pioneering figure in so many areas of the nursing profession: oncology, symptom science,...
YSN Annual Fund Exceeds Goal
Wed, 07/31/2019
Thank you to everyone who supported our Annual Fund campaign! Over the past 12 months, hundreds of you contributed to the fund, exceeding our goal. Your participation is vital to our success and forward progress, and gifts in every amount make a difference. To our alumni community throughout the...
Polar Care: Jaime Hensel ’13 MSN Shares Wow Moment
Tue, 07/30/2019
Jaime Hensel ’13 MSN has snorkeled on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and explored the lush natural beauty of New Zealand. She has waited for giraffes and baby elephants to cross the road while in South Africa and wandered through the labyrinthine medinas of Morocco. Her air miles have taken...
YSN Administrator, Alumna Named to Sigma Hall of Fame
Mon, 07/29/2019
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Associate Dean for Research David Vlahov PhD, R.N., FAAN and YSN alumna Cheryl Tatano Beck’72 MSN, DNSc, CNM, FAAN will be inducted into the prestigious Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame this...
Trailblazer: Ada Sue Hinshaw ’63 MSN
Wed, 07/10/2019
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a clear mission: to promote and improve the health of individuals, families, and communities. The NINR supports and conducts clinical, biobehavioral, and basic research that develops the scientific...
Students Experience Real Disaster through Simulation
Tue, 07/09/2019
Even before they entered the collapsed building, first-year Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN) students could hear the screaming and feel the panic through the smoke. These brave nursing students knew they were participating in a mass casualty disaster simulation (sim). They knew on some...
