Like many other students that walk the halls of the Yale School of Nursing, Chimene Diomi ’17 and adversity are long-time acquaintances. At the age of five, Diomi and her family fled civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, settling for the next six years in South Africa. They then moved to...
Yale Home Visiting Intervention Receives Grant from Kellogg Foundation for National Expansion
Thu, 04/21/2016
Written by Rachel Erin Horsting and Megan Veenema Smith
Minding the Baby® (MTB), a community-based home visiting intervention developed at Yale University for young families in New Haven, has been awarded a three-year grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF). The goal is to support...
New Haven Mayor Toni Harp at YSN: Building a Healthier New Haven
Mon, 04/18/2016
West Haven, Conn. – YSN welcomed New Haven Mayor Toni Harp on April 12 as the 2016 Sybil Palmer Bellos lecturer. In her lecture titled “ ‘SEE’ - A Vision for a Healthy New Haven,” Mayor Harp discussed plans her administration has for building a healthier New Haven community, including the...
Implications of AACN Report on Nursing’s Role in Advancing Healthcare
Wed, 04/06/2016
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and Manatt Health released a report titled Advancing Healthcare Transformation: A New Era for Academic Nursing, which addresses how baccalaureate and higher degree schools of nursing can amplify their role in improving health and health care at...
Spring Break Babies
Thu, 03/31/2016
Written by Katie Temes ‘17
It’s finally springtime in Connecticut. Buds are appearing on trees, bulbs are sprouting their perennial flowers, and babies all over New Haven are being born. This year, I spent my spring break here in New Haven, joining YSN’s faculty practice midwives at the Vidone...
YSN to Welcome New Haven Mayor Toni Harp as the 2016 Sybil Palmer Bellos Lecturer
Thu, 03/24/2016
New Haven Mayor Toni Harp is this year’s Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Sybil Palmer Bellos lecturer. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 3:00pm at YSN. Her lecture is titled, “ ‘SEE’ - A Vision for a Healthy New Haven.” YSN faculty, students, staff, alumni, and Yale...
YSN Top 20 School - and Top 10 Advanced Practice Programs
Wed, 03/16/2016
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Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is among the top 20 best graduate schools in...
YSN Receives Prestigious Future of Nursing Scholars Grant to Prepare PhD Nurses
Tue, 02/23/2016
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is one of only 32 schools of nursing nationwide to receive a grant to increase the number of nurses holding PhDs. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Future of Nursing Scholars program will provide financial support, mentoring, and leadership development to nurses who...
Dean Kurth to Speak at the 8th Annual Janet Parkosewich Research Conference
Wed, 02/17/2016
The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) and Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) Nursing Research Committee are co-sponsors of this year’s Janet Parkosewich Research Conference: The Pursuit of New Knowledge, Innovations and Improvements through Nursing Research. The conference will take place on April 21...
Welcome from Dean Ann Kurth
Mon, 01/25/2016
Greetings and welcome to the Yale School of Nursing. It was wonderful seeing our classrooms filled again last week as students returned to campus.
As your new dean I am thrilled to begin working with you in 2016 to achieve our mission of better health for all. A new year and a new beginning gives...
Study Led by YSN Faculty Member Links Cigarette Smoking to Genetic Underpinnings of Hypertension in African Americans
Mon, 01/11/2016
YSN Associate Professor and newly appointed Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion Jacquelyn Taylor, Ph.D., P.N.P.-B.C., R.N., F.A.H.A., F.A.A.N., is lead author of a recent study published in a Nature Publication“Scientific Reports”. The study titled, “A Genome-wide study of blood pressure in...
Calling the Midwife
Tue, 01/05/2016
Written by Katie Temes ‘17
Image from PBS.org
For many of us, winter break means catching up on sleep, catching up with family, and catching up with our favorite television series.
Confession: last year, after miraculously surviving the first semester of nursing school, I spent the first two days...
The Boy with the Fedora
Tue, 12/22/2015
Written by Christopher Schayer ‘17
One of the many wonderful things about YSN is its proximity to New York City. Yalies of every generation have enjoyed the tradition of breaking from their regimented Ivy League lives, to explore the whimsical wonders of the city. From the Metro North ride into the...
Faculty Member Receives Dove Medical Press Video Abstract Award
Mon, 12/21/2015
Yale School of Nursing Assistant Professor Marianne Davies, D.N.P., M.S.N., R.N., A.P.R.N., C.N.S.-B.C., A.C.N.P.-B.C., A.O.C.N.P., recently received the 2015 Dove Medical Press Video Abstract Award for the video abstract for her published paper, “New modalities of cancer treatment for NSCLC: Focus...
New Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion Position and Office Established at YSN
Thu, 12/17/2015
Incoming Yale University School of Nursing Dean Ann Kurth has established an Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the school and has appointed Dr. Jacquelyn Taylor, Ph.D., P.N.P.-B.C., R.N., F.A.H.A., F.A.A.N. as assistant dean to lead this effort. The assistant dean role will strengthen YSN’s...
Fall Issue of Yale Nursing Matters Magazine Available Today
Tue, 11/24/2015
The fall 2015 issue of Yale Nursing Matters magazine is now available online. The magazine delves into the issue of toxic stress, or a prolonged exposure to significant adversity that is not only overwhelming to a child but also not alleviated by the buffering of supportive adults. We learn about...
Meet the New YSN Alumni Association Board Members
Mon, 11/23/2015
This semester, YSN welcomed four new YSN Alumni Association (YSNAA) board members: Taby Ali ’12, Ani Bagdasarian ’14, Amanda Filippelli ’15, and Brenda Penner ’76. Their two-year term began October 16, 2015.
Get to know the new board members:
Taby Ali is a psychiatric nurse practitioner who has...
Dean Designate Visits Yale Center Beijing
Tue, 11/10/2015
Last week, YSN dean designate Ann Kurth visited the Yale Center Beijing (YCB), marking YCB’s one-year anniversary of opening. Dr. Kurth presented on new technologies in the healthcare industry, as well as areas of development and challenges for the healthcare industry in the United States to a team...
YSN Hosted 2015 Scholars' Day
Mon, 11/09/2015
YSN hosted its annual Scholars’ Day on Friday, October 30, 2015. The event celebrated the scholarly endeavors and achievements of YSN’s students. This year included four student presentations on their research and educational progress, as well as several student poster presentations. Were you...
Nursing Across Continents
Mon, 11/09/2015
On Tuesday, November 10th, YSN hosted Oliver Norah Kavuma Nabacwa, a nurse midwife from Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. She was joined by YSN student Lindsay Geoghegan ‘16, recipient of the Lindsay Fellowship for Research in Africa. Together, Oliver Norah and Lindsay discussed the state of...
