YSN Welcomes In-Person Guests To Celebrate the Class of 2022
Thu, 06/16/2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) celebrated Commencement for the Class of 2022 on Old Campus and a diploma ceremony on school grounds on May 23. And for the first time in three years, in-person festivities included a huge tent packed with hundreds of guests.
As Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM MPH,...
Midwifery Student Wins TedxNewHaven Competition with Maternal Mortality Speech
Fri, 06/10/2022
Nurse Midwifery/Women’s Health student Ashleigh Evans ’23 MSN placed first in the graduate student division of the TedxNewHaven competition and will make her winning presentation on June 11 at the Shubert Theater.
High school, college, and graduate students from across the state were invited to...
Yale Nursing Celebrates 2022 Delta Mu Honor Society Inductees
Wed, 06/01/2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) gathered to celebrate the newest class of the Delta Mu chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Society of Nursing on May 19.
In her remarks, Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM, MPH, FAAN, briefly described three challenges facing the inductees: the climate crisis,...
2022 Creative Writing Awards
Fri, 05/27/2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) celebrated the humor, heartbreak, and hope of nursing at the 19th Annual Creative Writing Awards on May 5. The top three finishers each received a $1,000 cash prize: Sajni Persad ’23 MSN, Michaela Gabrielle Serafica ’24 MSN, and Gayelan Tietje-Ulrich ’24 MSN.
Keynote...
Classes of 2020 and 2021 Return To Celebrate Alumni Commencement
Wed, 05/18/2022
Members of the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Classes of 2020 and 2021 returned to Yale on Saturday, May 14, to celebrate an especially hard-won Commencement.
As Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM, MPH, FAAN mentioned in her remarks, the Class of 2020 walked out the door for spring break completely...
YSN Honors Distinguished Alumni and Decade Award Winners: Fitzgerald ’80 MSN, Geary ’74 MSN, Tigges ’84 MSN, Seagriff ’11 MSN
Tue, 05/10/2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is delighted to announce the 2022 winners of the Distinguished Alumni Award: Shannon Fitzgerald ’80 MSN, Mary Geary ’74 MSN, and Beth Baldwin Tigges ’84 MSN, PhD. YSN is also thrilled to recognize Dr. Nicole Seagriff ’11 MSN, DNP as the second winner of the Decade Award...
Yale Nursing Faculty Share Insight During Nurses Week
Fri, 05/06/2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is celebrating Nurses Week (May 6-12) by sharing insight and expertise from YSN faculty. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter for to see the new quote each day.
Nicole Langan Maciejak, MSN, APRN, CPNP
Lecturer in Pediatrics
“A career as a pediatric...
Dean Vermund Highlights Health Issues of Climate Danger in Annual Bellos Lecture
Wed, 05/04/2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) celebrated the annual Sybil Palmer Bellos Lecture and Wisser Tea on April 26 with a “Climate Change and Health” presentation by Yale School of Public Health Dean Sten H. Vermund MD, PhD.
Dr. Vermund is as an infectious disease epidemiologist and pediatrician by...
YSN in Media: Nelson and Vlahov Engage on COVID-19 Vaccines and Community Power
Tue, 05/03/2022
Independence Foundation Associate Professor Dr. LaRon Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN and Professor of Nursing David Vlahov, PhD, RN, FAAN have continued to engage with media on the vaccine research published earlier this year with in a partnership with SAIC (Science Applications...
3 YSN Students Earn Honors in Creative Contest for Health Professions
Wed, 04/27/2022
Three Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students recently earned honors for their artistic work in the 2022 PHM Health Professions Creative Medical Writing and Art Contest, an annual celebration honoring the creative submissions of YSN, Yale School of Public Health, and Yale School of Medicine MD,...
Catching Up with Adult Gerontology Primary Care Specialty Director Ami Marshall ’04 MSN
Mon, 04/25/2022
When Ami Marshall ’04 MSN, EdD, APRN, ANP-C, was an RN-entry student at YSN, she always knew she wanted to come back and teach. After a few years as a part-time lecturer, she has been at the school full time since 2016. Now the Specialty Director for the Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nurse...
Office Hours with… Christine Rodriguez
Wed, 04/20/2022
By Mallory Locklear
Christine Rodriguez is dedicated to health care. She teaches clinical skills at the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) and provides transgender care to patients. An accomplished rapper, she even turned down a career in music to pursue one in nursing. She loves hanging out with her...
From the trading floor to the ED: Alum returns to Yale with new calling
Mon, 04/18/2022
By Mallory Locklear
After graduating from Yale School of Management in 1993, Brian Roach spent 18 years in the banking industry. His career included stops in New York City, San Diego, and San Francisco. He worked for several companies — including one that he co-founded and a multinational bank that...
YSN Welcomes Pain and Stress Researcher Dr. Cong as New Associate Dean of Research
Tue, 04/12/2022
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is pleased to announce Dr. Xiaomei Cong, PhD, RN, FAAN, as the new Associate Dean of Research (ADR). Dr. Cong is one of the first U.S. nurse scientists investigating cumulative pain and stress in early life and neurodevelopment using biobehavioral and multi-omic...
Yale Nursing’s Dean Wald and Nearly 50 Years of Hospice Care
Mon, 04/11/2022
As Yale School of Nursing (YSN) looks ahead to its centennial in 2023, a second milestone is approaching the five-decade mark the following year: the arrival of hospice care in America, spearheaded by the efforts of YSN Dean Florence Wald.
Florence Schorske Wald ’41 MSN, RN, MN, MS, FAAN, is a...
Roger Lee ’94 Makes $5 Million Gift Honoring Mother’s Nursing Legacy
Mon, 04/04/2022
Roger Lee ’94 recently made a $5 million gift to Yale School of Nursing (YSN) to honor the legacy of his mother, hospice nursing pioneer Gayle Lee, RN, MHA. The extraordinary commitment is Lee’s first to YSN and the second-largest single contribution in the school’s nearly 100-year history.
“This...
Yale Team Wins Global Health Competition
Thu, 03/24/2022
By Rosalind D’Eugenio
Five students from diverse fields of study at Yale collaborated to solve a global health challenge and take home this year’s first prize and $6,000 from the Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition held on March 19th. Representing a range of fields including...
Office Hours With... Nathan Levitt
Wed, 03/16/2022
By Mallory Locklear
Nathan Levitt recently joined the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) faculty as a lecturer and director of LGBTQ and Gender Justice Learning. When he isn’t studying, teaching about, and providing health care for trans and non-binary populations, he’s out hiking and enjoying nature...
Yale Partners on Yale Nursing's Second Century
Fri, 02/25/2022
Yesterday evening Yale University President Peter Salovey and Provost Scott Strobel announced a historic commitment to Yale School of Nursing (YSN): $50 million in endowed matching funds over five years. The amount is unprecedented in the school’s history.
“This joyous news arrives in the final...
Point of care: Digital health tool aims to empower victims of elder abuse
Wed, 02/23/2022
By Mallory Locklear
In the United States, 5% to 10% of adults 65 and older are victims of elder abuse and mistreatment, public health experts say. Yet only one in 24 cases is ever identified. One of the barriers is a basic misunderstanding of just what constitutes mistreatment, which prevents many...
