On the 22nd of May we held our 2019 Gruber Fellowship in Global Justice and Women’s Rights event in the Yale School of Nursing Hub on a warm spring afternoon.
Each year the Gruber Program awards a number of fellowships to graduating Yale students and recent alumni. Gruber Fellowships in...
YSN is Celebrating Nurses Week
Mon, 05/06/2019
May 6-12 is National Nurses Week, with May 12 being the birthday of Florenece Nightingale. This year’s theme, choosen by the American Nurse Association, is “4 million reasons to celebrate”, regonizines the 4 million registered nurses enriching our lives today.
Check out our calendar for a...
Dr. Holly Kennedy on the Optimisation of Caesarean Sections in The Lancet
Tue, 10/16/2018
Dr. Holly Kennedy was one of the authors of an article published this week in the The Lancet on the short-term and long-term effects of caesarean section on the health of women and children. The three-part Lancet series on Optimising Caesarean Section Use reviews the global epidemiology and...
Yale nursing faculty honored by the Connecticut Nurses’ Association at the annual Diamond Jubilee Awards
Fri, 10/12/2018
Dr. Lois Sadler ’79 MSN, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Dr. Jessica Coviello ’82 MSN, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, were honored at the Connecticut Nurses’ Association (CNA) annual Diamond Jubilee Awards dinner on October 10th following the organization’s annual conference in Cromwell, Connecticut. These prestigious...
Vanessa Correia ’19 presents Nutrition that Heals poster at Yale's Celebrate Sustainability week
Thu, 10/11/2018
Vanessa Correia presented her work on behalf of Yale School of Nursing at the Celebrate Sustainability reception on Wednesday, October 10 as part of a weeklong series of events hosted by individuals, departments, and groups across Yale to raise awareness and deepen campus engagement around...
Celebrating the 317th anniversary of Yale University
Tue, 10/09/2018
Yale School of Nursing’s “Have Bones, Will Travel” exhibit was part of today’s Yale Founders’ Day celebration on Cross Campus. Pictured here, Professor Linda Honan intrigues members of the Yale community with fascinating facts about human bones. This exhibit is regularly used to introduce...
Dr. Canhua Xiao inducted into American Academy of Nursing
Tue, 10/02/2018
Congratulations to Dr. Canhua Xiao, associate professor at YSN, who has been inducted into the American Academy of Nursing. She will be honored at a ceremony to be held during the Academy’s annual policy conference, Transforming Health, Driving Policy, which will take place in November in...
Mary Geary to receive 2018 AYA Leadership Award
Tue, 10/02/2018
Mary C. Geary ’74 MSN has been awarded the 2018 AYA Leadership Award for Volunteer Innovation and Service in recognition of her commitment to enhancing the student-alumni experience at Yale School of Nursing. She will receive the award at the AYA Assembly Awards Reception on November 8th.
On...
Three YSN doctoral students receive Jonas Scholarships
Mon, 10/01/2018
YSN doctoral students Dora Lendvai Wischik (PhD) and Sarah DeSilvey & Ty Perrier (DNPs) are recipients of the distinguished 2018 Jonas scholarships.
The scholarships are given by Jonas Philanthropies to improve the quality of healthcare by investing in nursing scholars whose research and...
Leading the (carbon) charge, Yalies attend global climate summit
Fri, 09/28/2018
Yale’s efforts to reduce and become carbon neutral by 2050 received international attention earlier this month when students, faculty, staff, and alumni participated in the Global Climate Action Summit. A gathering of world leaders, governors and mayors, CEOs and investors, NGOs, and youth and...
Sapana Patel '18 appointed director of Health Innovation & EntrepreNurseship
Fri, 09/28/2018
Sapana Patel, DNP ’18, has been appointed as the consulting director of Health Innovation & EntrepreNurseship at Northeastern University. In this role she will cultivate the entrepreneurial spirit required for innovation in healthcare by providing interdisciplinary education, opportunities...
YSN graduate's research study on primary care gap published in Health Affairs
Thu, 09/27/2018
Dr. Ulrike (Ulli) Muench, who received her MSN ‘05 and PhD ‘12 at Yale School of Nursing, had the results of a research study published in the September, 2018 issue of Health Affairs. Dr. Muench conducted the study along with Dr. Joanne Spetz, both of the Healthforce Center at the University of...
DNP’ 18 graduate appointed as hospital CEO
Thu, 09/27/2018
Dr. Aries Limbaga, who graduated from the Yale Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program in May of 2018, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Los Angeles, California. Previously, Dr. Limbaga was the Chief Nursing Officer at the...
Changing the Paradigm in Dementia: The Role of Non-Pharmacological Strategies for Supporting a ‘Good Life.’
Mon, 09/24/2018
Join us on October 3rd at 12 noon at 47 College Street (room 106B), New Haven, for “Changing the Paradigm in Dementia: The Role of Non-Pharmacological Strategies for Supporting a ‘Good Life’ ”
The speaker will be Laura N. Gitlin, PhD, Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions, and...
Yale New Haven Health names inaugural chief nursing executive
Tue, 09/18/2018
Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS) has named Beth P. Beckman, DNSc to serve as the inaugural chief nursing executive for health system. In this new role, Beckman will be responsible for developing and overseeing the system-wide integration plan for key components of nursing, including nursing practice...
Register for Scholars' Day on October 26th
Thu, 09/13/2018
Dr. Linda Schwartz, RN, DrPH, FAAN, former Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs, will be the esteemed keynote speaker at the annual YSN scholars’ day on Friday, October 26. Her talk will be entitled A Voice For Those Who Have No Voice. Following the talk, there will be...
Dean Kurth to speak at "Yale Explores Planetary Health" event
Thu, 09/13/2018
Dean Kurth will be one of the speakers at an upcoming Yale alumni event on October 3rd in Philadelphia. Yale Explores…Planetary Health: Safeguarding Human Health and the Natural Systems on Which It Depends is part of a series of “Yale Explores” events, whose aim is to bring together the Yale...
Challenges for California nurses ready to fill primary care gap
Wed, 09/12/2018
Dr. Ulrike (Ulli) Muench, who received her MSN ‘05 and PhD ‘12 at Yale School of Nursing, had the results of a research study published in the September, 2018 issue of Health Affairs. Dr. Muench conducted the study along with Dr. Joanne Spetz, both of the Healthforce Center at the University of...
DNP’18 graduate appointed as hospital CEO
Tue, 09/11/2018
Dr. Aries Limbaga, who graduated from the Yale Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program in May of 2018, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Los Angeles, California. Previously, Dr. Limbaga was the Chief Nursing Officer at the...
Abigail Wilpers, a PhD student at YSN, has been awarded the Edith M. Pritchard scholarship by Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Abigail was selected from a significant group of highly qualified candidates. The award recognizes her noteworthy academic and clinical practice, community service and...
