Program Director for the National Student Leadership Conference, incoming RN at YSN
Fri, 09/01/2017
Amy Bronick one of YSN’s incoming RNs, is the Program Director for the National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) on Nursing. The NSLC is a leadership conference for high school students, dedicated to helping them determine which career they would like to pursue. There are multiple...
Nine YSN students win prestigious American Cancer Society scholarships
Fri, 09/01/2017
YSN oncology concentration students were awarded 9 of the 15 ACS Graduate Scholarships in Cancer Nursing Practice in the 2017 competition. Class of ‘19 students Andrea Desmond, Danielle DiPerna, and Shannon Meagher, will each receive $10,000 towards their tuition each year for the next two years....
New Visiting Scholar for the Fall 2017 semester
Wed, 08/30/2017
We are pleased to announce Dr. Freida Chavez as a Visiting Scholar for the Fall 2017 semester. During her time on campus, she will be collaborating with key faculty in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program, under the leadership of Dr. Judith Kunisch, DNP Program Director. During her period...
Welcome new students!
Mon, 08/21/2017
Welcome new YSN students! We are so excited to have you join our wonderful school! The Office of Student Affairs staff look forward to welcoming you to orientation, along with an enthusiastic group of student orientation leaders dedicated to helping you transition to YSN. Check them out here!
Best Research Article of 2016 awarded to YSN students
Wed, 08/16/2017
Halley Ruppel, PhD Candidate, and Marge Funk – along with 2 co-authors (Nancy Blake and JoAnne Phillips) – were awarded the Best Research Article of 2016 in the journal Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology for “Use of Monitor Watchers in Hospitals: Characteristics, Training, and Practices”....
Home-visiting program for first-time families expands in CT
Wed, 08/09/2017
Yale University’s Minding the Baby® (MTB) National Office was awarded an 18-month grant from the Grossman Family Foundation beginning in January 2017 to expand the MTB home visiting intervention in Connecticut. The MTB National Office is partnering with Family & Children’s Agency in Norwalk and...
Actively Enhancing Diversity in Nursing Science: The YSN Office of Diversity and Inclusion Summer Intensive
Tue, 08/08/2017
From June 12-16, 2017, the YSN Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) had the honor of hosting seven outstanding early career nurse scientists from across the nation for the inaugural Summer Intensive. The primary goals of the YSN ODI Summer Intensive are to support early career nurse scientists...
YSN PhD student spends summer on humanitarian medical mission
Wed, 08/02/2017
Jose Gutierrez, a YSN PhD student is spending his summer in Louisiana with the Massachusetts Air National Guard for a humanitarian medical mission. He is volunteering as a nurse practitioner providing medical screenings for the local population with limited resources. Here’s Jose (middle)...
All-gender restroom now available at YSN
Tue, 08/01/2017
A new all-gender restroom is now available at the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) fulfilling a commitment from the Dean, and as had been requested by students, faculty, and staff. The facility is accessible on the first floor of YSN by the lockers and will offer self-contained, single occupancy for...
Nancy Redeker inducted into International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame
Tue, 08/01/2017
Congratulations to Nancy Redeker, the Beatrice Renfield Term Professor of Nursing at YSN, who was one of 23 nurses inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame at STTI’s 28th International Nursing Research Congress in Dublin, Ireland in July. Recipients hailed from Australia,...
New Executive Deputy Dean Attracted by YSN’s Faculty, Students, and Mission
Fri, 07/14/2017
Carmen J. Portillo, RN, PhD, FAAN, began her position as Yale School of Nursing’s new executive deputy dean on July 1. Dr. Portillo comes to Yale from The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing where she was a professor and chairperson of the Community Health Systems...
Pioneering Researcher and Expert in Urban Health Joins YSN as Associate Dean of Research
Fri, 07/14/2017
On July 1, David Vlahov, RN, PhD, FAAN, started his new role as the Associate Dean of Research for Yale School of Nursing. He comes to YSN from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing, where he was a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics and served as dean for...
NSLC high school students get a taste for nursing careers at YSN
Wed, 07/12/2017
This week, students from the National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) on Nursing traveled to the Yale School of Nursing to learn how to take vitals, care for an infant, and communicate with family members who are experiencing stress or loss from a loved one in a hospital. The NLSC offers the...
Enhancing Reflective Parenting in Home Visiting: Lessons Learned from Minding the Baby®
Wed, 07/12/2017
The Minding the Baby® (MTB) annual three-day Training Institute will be held at the Yale Child Study Center from July 18-20. A collaboration between the Yale School of Nursing, the Yale Child Study Center, Fair Haven Community Health Center, and Cornell Scott Hill Health Center in New Haven, the...
YSN Celebrates 91st Commencement
Mon, 05/22/2017
Yale School of Nursing held its 91st commencement ceremony on Monday, conferring 89 Master degrees, 15 Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degrees, and one PhD (three other PhD students graduated in December).
Following the University-wide ceremony on Old Campus, students, faculty, friends and family...
Faculty Member Gives Last Yale Lecture
Wed, 05/03/2017
In her last lecture as a member of the Yale community, Elizabeth Bradley, professor of public health and head of Branford College, spoke Tuesday at West Campus as the honoree of Yale School of Nursing’s 2017 Bellos Lecture.
Bradley, who will shortly become the next president of Vassar College, has...
YSN Students Win American Cancer Society Scholarship Awards
Thu, 04/27/2017
Nine YSN students have been awarded the American Cancer Society’s Graduate Scholarship in Cancer Nursing Practice.
Andrea Desmond, Danielle DiPerna, and Shannon Meagher from the Class of 2019 will each receive $10,000 per year for the next two years.
Rosabelle Conover, Lisa Hammon, Elle...
Nursing and the March for Science
Wed, 04/26/2017
As a Professor at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) and an NIH-funded scientist, I was delighted to join in the New Haven March for Science this past weekend. This was a superb opportunity to celebrate the many benefits of science to virtually all aspects of life in the U.S. and throughout the world. We...
YSN's Creative Writing Award Winners Announced
Tue, 04/18/2017
The winners of YSN’s annual Creative Writing Awards have been announced. Chimene Diomi (Psychiatric/Mental Health ‘17), Jessica Kelly-Hauser (Acute Care ‘18), and Elizabeth Renker (Pediatrics ‘19) will be recognized for their winning entries and receive 1000 dollars each at a ceremony to be...
53rd Annual Bellos Lecture Honoree Announced
Thu, 03/30/2017
In considering the 53rd Annual Bellos lecture honoree, Yale School of Nursing sought a woman whose work has been incalculably impactful both nationally and internationally. In the case of this year’s honoree, that work also happens to be incredibly timely.
Elizabeth Bradley, the Brady-Johnson...
