Yale Nursing Team Publishes Results of 5-Year Sleep Study
Tue, 11/02/2021
A team of Yale School of Nursing (YSN) faculty, students, and collaborators recently published the results of a five-year NIH-funded randomized controlled trial in SLEEP – the leading journal in the field.
“We found sustained improvements in insomnia, fatigue, and six-minute walk distance in the...
DNP Student Torres Creates Climate Change and Renal Health Toolkit
Thu, 10/28/2021
DNP student Christie Torres, MSN, RN, APRN, FNP-BC recently created “Climate Change and Renal Health: Awareness and Education Toolkit for Healthcare Providers.” As Torres points out, because the kidney has a unique role in providing protection from heat and dehydration and is an important site of...
ODEI Welcomes YSN Community to Fall Fest
Tue, 10/26/2021
On the kind of day that prompts residents to extoll the superior glories of a New England fall, the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) welcomed students, faculty, and staff to Fall Fest: A Family Affair on October 21. More than 150 attendees enjoyed music...
YSN Partners on Free COVID-19 Tool for Long-Term Care Facilities
Mon, 10/25/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) faculty, in partnership with The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), Saraya Co. Ltd., and Best Sanitizers, Inc., have designed and produced a first-of-its-kind infection prevention resource to give long-term care facilities the tools they need to battle COVID-19 and...
Staff Series: Librarian Batten Partners in Nursing Mission
Mon, 10/18/2021
Dr. Janene Batten, EdD, grew up in Adelaide, South Australia and arrived in the US in 1993. She began her career as a librarian at Bridgeport Hospital, where she worked for three years. She was recruited to the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library to specifically as the nursing librarian working with...
Yale Honors Nursing’s Flinter ’80 MSN for Dedication to Community Health, Innovation, and Training the Next Generation
Wed, 10/13/2021
Dr. Margaret Flinter ’80 MSN, PhD, APRN, was honored last week with the Yale-Jefferson Award, a recognition of outstanding public service across a 40-year nursing career dedicated to providing high-quality primary care to vulnerable and underserved populations.
“Primary care in the U.S. would not...
Yale Nursing’s Nelson Leads $7 Million Pilot Study on Ending Racial Inequities in HIV
Mon, 10/11/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Professor Dr. LaRon Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN is leading a $7 million study funded by the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases at NIH to address disparities in HIV among Black men who have sex with men (MSM) by studying the effects of a...
Yale Nurses Lead, Present at Nursing Science Conference
Wed, 10/06/2021
Today Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is sponsoring, leading, and presenting at the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) advanced methods conference: “Inclusion by Design: Methods and Approaches Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Accessibility in Nursing Research.”
Beatrice...
Call the Midwives: Yale Nursing Clinicians Practice, Teach, and Advocate
Mon, 10/04/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is full of clinicians who love pregnancy and babies. Studying them, researching them, and teaching the next generation of midwives all about them. Pregnant members of the community walking the halls have been known to sharpen a keen sense of any midwives in the building...
Nursing’s Nam Assesses an Insomnia Intervention for Black Women
Fri, 10/01/2021
by Rick Harrison
When Dr. Soohyun Nam meets with female members of predominantly Black churches, the conversation often shifts from her advertised topics of obesity and sleep difficulties to what the women perceive as the source of many of their health problems: stress.
“We would be talking about...
Nursing DNP Alum Yolo Promoted to Direct Nurses at 18 Hospitals
Thu, 09/23/2021
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) graduate of the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Dr. Ron Yolo ’21 DNP, MBA, MSN was recently promoted to Chief Nursing officer (CNO) of the Southern California Division of CommonSpirit Health, where he will be responsible for the nursing enterprise of 18 hospitals.
In...
Jeanetsey Prates began her Yale School of Nursing (YSN) journey almost by accident. While working as a university temp, her boss encouraged her to apply to YSN if an opening was available. “I miss working at YSN,” the supervisor told Prates. When a new job became available, Prates got an interview...
Redeker Testifies to NIH on Nursing Research about Minority Health, Disparities
Thu, 09/16/2021
Beatrice Renfield Term Professor of Nursing Dr. Nancy S. Redeker, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN recently provided comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a new entity within NIH proposed by the Biden Administration that would focus on...
Crowley Essay Explains Lifetime Devotion to Nursing
Tue, 09/14/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Professor Emerita Dr. Angela Crowley, PhD, APRN, PNP-BC, FAAN was recently featured in a Yale Alumni Magazine piece highlighting a collection of essays describing career-long devotions to an area of subject matter expertise.
While few of her high school classmates...
New Associate Dean for Equity Starts at Nursing
Tue, 09/14/2021
September marks the on-campus arrival of Dr. Angela Richard-Eaglin, DNP, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, Yale School of Nursing (YSN)’s first fulltime Associate Dean for Equity (ADE). A member of Dean Kurth’s senior leadership team, Dr. Richard-Eaglin will collaborate with stakeholders across the YSN and Yale...
Staff Series: Ekaterina Ginzburg Drives Teaching and Learning Innovation
Fri, 09/10/2021
Ekaterina Ginzburg started at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) nine years ago with a singular responsibility: to support the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. Now as the Director of Academic Support, Instructional Technology and Design, she drives teaching and learning innovation, evaluation,...
YSN in Media: Omer Talks Vaccines With Slate, WSJ, NPR
Fri, 09/03/2021
Director of the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) and Yale School of Nursing (YSN) affiliate Dr. Saad B. Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FIDSA, shared his expertise with multiple media outlets over the past few weeks.
He discussed the Biden Administration’s plans for booster shots on Slate’s “What Next...
New Award To Study Risk Model For Fractures in Persons With HIV
Thu, 09/02/2021
By Julie Parry
In people living with HIV, the disease itself, along with medications to treat the infection can cause long term side effects. Fragility fractures have been shown to occur at a higher rate in persons with HIV, than in their uninfected counterparts and has led to over $99M in excess...
N95 Mask Fittings Signal Start of Nursing Year
Mon, 08/30/2021
After months of applying, waiting, and preparing, new Nursing students launched the next phase of their careers on August 16 and 18 with their first piece of clinical equipment: a well-fitted N95 mask.
The process starts with a student wearing one of three sizes of mask and then donning a plastic,...
New Nursing Students Undeterred by COVID-19 Pandemic
Mon, 08/30/2021
Neither global pandemic nor rain nor wind of Tropical Storm Henri could keep new Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students from completion of orientation last week as the first class to conduct its application process during the COVID-19 public health crisis.
Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM, MPH,...
Nursing Names Associate Dean of Development & Alumni Affairs Ahead of University’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Capital Campaign
Thu, 08/26/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) recently announced Gail McCulloch as the incoming Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Affairs, just ahead of Yale’s next multi-year, multi-billion-dollar capital campaign that launches in October. McCulloch starts at YSN this week.
“I am thrilled to join the YSN...
Yale Corporation Awards Emeritus Status to Three Nursing Faculty
Thu, 08/19/2021
The Yale Corporation recently awarded emeritus status to Nursing faculty Jane Dixon, PhD, Linda Honan ’89 MSN, PhD, CNS-BC, RN, ANEF, FAAN, and Patricia Ryan-Krause ’81 MSN, MS, PCPNP-BC.
“It is fitting that their decades of institutional knowledge, wisdom, and service are recognized through this...
Handsome Dan Stars at Nursing Meet and Greet
Tue, 08/17/2021
Approximately one million adorable wrinkles and enthusiastic tail wagging heralded the start of Yale School of Nursing (YSN)’s most recent Welcome Wednesday event: a cookie break meet and greet with university mascot Handsome Dan XIX (also known as Kingman).
Kingman’s cameo is part of a larger...
When Disaster (Sim) Strikes: Nursing Students Practice Mass-Casualty Care
Fri, 08/13/2021
An explosion cracked the air, the intensity of the boom indicating proximity to today’s pizza oven demonstration at the nearby Piggly Wiggly. As the sirens started blaring, a triage team of Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN) students rushed to the scene of the annual mass-casualty...
American Academy of Nursing Honors Three YSN Faculty
Tue, 08/10/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is thrilled to congratulate three outstanding faculty members recently selected for Fellowship in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) for their significant contributions to health and health care.
“The invitation to join this community of Fellows is a career and...
Zooming In For A Packed Events Calendar
Fri, 07/30/2021
As the Zoom era stretched into the second semester, event planners took advantage of platform pluses like nearly limitless guest capacity and a wider reach beyond in-person availability. Awareness of the mute button and the chat feature also improved, and that applause function came in handy too. ...
YSN in Media: Omer Publishes Op-Ed in Washington Post
Tue, 07/27/2021
Director of the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) and Yale School of Nursing (YSN) affiliate Dr. Saad B. Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FIDSA, recently published an opinion editorial in The Washington Post advocating for COVID-19 vaccines for children.
In “Kids deserve the vaccine, too. It will keep...
YSN Anti-Racism Statement Cited in Journal Article
Mon, 07/26/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN)’s Commitment to Anti-Racism and statement of solidarity with the Black community were recently cited in a paper for the current issue of Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care that analyzed similar documents from 18 schools of nursing and three prominent...
Rodman ’73, ’75 MA Makes Largest Gift to Nursing in School’s History
Fri, 07/23/2021
Linda Rodman ’73, ’75 MA, in partnership with her husband, Larry ’16 MEM recently made a $6 million gift to Yale School of Nursing (YSN)—the single largest in the institution’s nearly 100-year history—and they are now saluted as the most generous Yale alumni donors to YSN. The Rodman Family...
Yale Nursing in Media: Vlahov in Moscow
Mon, 07/19/2021
On a recent trip to the Moscow Urban Forum, Professor of Nursing Dr. David Vlahov, PhD, RN, FAAN shared his expertise in epidemiology and urban health with multiple media outlets, focusing on COVID-19, climate, and city governance.
In an interview with a local TV station shared on the Forum’s...
Staff Summer Series: Wesley Revangil Engages Students on Financial Aid
Mon, 07/19/2021
Associate Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Wesley E. Revangil, MBA, was born and raised in Stamford, CT, and started at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) as the Assistant Director of Financial Aid in October 2019. Now as the Associate Director of Admissions and Financial Aid in the Office of...
Nursing’s Newborns in Need Initiative Thrives in Virtual Format
Fri, 07/09/2021
After a yearlong postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a shift to an all-virtual setup, Yale School of Nursing’s (YSN) annual Newborns in Need initiative raised more than $3,000 from dozens of donors to provide new babies with welcome kits that include diapers, wipes, and board books. The...
Feder, Julien, Kearney Share Research Journeys: ‘There’s Always More to Learn’
Fri, 07/02/2021
Nursing can truly become a lifelong pursuit. As subject matter experts, these clinicians and researchers deepen their skills across years and decades, consistently finding a new thread to pull or developing a new intervention to improve patient outcomes. Profiled here are three faculty members at...
Distinguished Alumni Awards Honor Brandman, Clark, and Tillman
Fri, 07/02/2021
“It is always a highlight of the year and a great honor to recognize our Distinguished Alumni award winners,” said YSN Alumni Association President Christa Hartch ’02 MSN, RN. “Their contributions to the nursing profession and to society never cease to amaze and inspire us. We are particularly...
New DLC Chair Focuses on Midwifery, Maternal and Neonatal Mortality
Fri, 07/02/2021
Jim Leitner ’75 cordially invites you to join the current and future generations of midwives and nurses to do no less than change the world.
Actually, he enthusiastically invites you, which is how he does everything. Visitors to the Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium at Yale College...
Meet the New Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Maurice Nelson, Med, CDE
Thu, 07/01/2021
After a nationwide search and series of interviews including input from faculty, students, and staff, Yale School of Nursing (YSN) welcomed new Director for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Maurice Nelson, MEd, CDE, in April, and his inbox has been full ever since. Nelson...
Nursing’s Vlahov Conducts Urban Health Discussion with Moscow Mayor
Thu, 07/01/2021
Professor of Nursing Dr. David Vlahov, PhD, RN, FAAN will conduct a discussion centered on COVID-19 and cities as the plenary speaker at the Moscow Urban Forum with the city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, on July 1.
“I am looking forward to a productive discussion with Mayor Sobyanin,” Vlahov said. “The...
Vlahov Wins YIGH Award: Yale Team Will Study TB in Recently Released Inmates
Thu, 07/01/2021
Dr. David Vlahov, PhD, RN, FAAN was recently tapped as a winner of the Hecht Global Health Faculty Network Awards for a collaboration with Dr. Sheela Shenoi, MD, MPH and Dr. Frederick Altice, MD at Yale School of Medicine for their proposal “Reducing Community Spread of TB through transitional care...
YSN in Media: Omer Op-Ed Highlights Nurses, Doctors as Essential to Final Vaccine Push
Wed, 06/30/2021
Dr. Saad B. Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FIDSA, recently wrote an opinion editorial for The New York Times in his capacity as an epidemiologist and expert on vaccination hesitancy highlighting nurses and doctors as essential to the final push for COVID-19 vaccination.
“Twenty years of research on how to...
Vlahov’s Work Cited in Eviction Diversion Letter to State Courts
Fri, 06/25/2021
On June 24, Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta sent a letter to state courts across the country encouraging the implementation of eviction diversion strategies, citing an article co-authored by Professor of Nursing Dr. David Vlahov, PhD, RN, FAAN.
“Eviction, Housing Equity, and the Spread of...
Preceptors Describe Joys of Teaching Next Generation of Nurses and Midwives
Wed, 06/23/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) hosted the third annual Preceptor Appreciation event on June 11 to express gratitude to the hundreds of clinical and courtesy faculty who help educate the next generation of Yale nurses and midwives. Seven awards honored outstanding preceptors in each clinical specialty...
Department of State Taps Nelson for HIV/AIDS Research Expertise
Wed, 06/09/2021
The U.S. Department of State recently tapped Associate Dean for Global Affairs & Planetary Health Dr. LaRon Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN as a Private Sector Advisor for the United States Delegation to the 2021 UN High Level Meeting (HLM) to discuss the UN’s 2021-2026 global strategy...
Delta Mu Welcomes New Members of Nursing Honor Society
Wed, 06/02/2021
New York Times Opinion video journalist Alexander Battu Stockton saluted the newest members of the Delta Mu chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International nursing honor society during a virtual ceremony on May 18. Stockton’s short film “Death, Through a Nurse’s Eyes,” chronicles ICU nurses in Phoenix...
Commencement Nursing Pins Signify Honor and Tradition
Wed, 05/26/2021
In normal times, Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is known for winning Commencement. The celebratory poppers YSN students blast open in a synchronized burst of joy shoot confetti and streamers high enough into the air to be seen clearly from 15,000 seats back at the rear of Old Campus.
It goes without...
YSN Welcoming More Than a Dozen New Faculty
Tue, 05/25/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) announced on May 5 that more than a dozen new faculty members will be onboarded in time for the fall semester. The expertise of the incoming full-time and part-time faculty spans multiple specialty areas.
“We are thrilled to welcome this incredibly strong and energetic...
YSN Celebrates 95th Commencement with Class of 2021
Mon, 05/24/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) celebrated its 95th Commencement May 21 with broad grins beaming under masks and attendees sitting six feet apart under a tent outside the school’s front door.
The change of scenery and other precautions were necessitated by the global COVID-19 pandemic, but the live...
Sleep Symposium Highlights Nursing Research
Mon, 05/03/2021
A quest for more and better sleep drew 80 registrants to Yale School of Nursing (YSN) for the Sixth Annual Sleep & Symptom Research Symposium on April 30. Shakespeare’s Queen Mab did not attend, but the researchers Zooming in were perhaps even more keen to explore the slumber patterns of their...
Nursing Celebrates Liberal Arts with Annual Creative Writing Awards
Tue, 04/27/2021
The warm strings of a cello bowed by Yale College senior Alma Bitran welcomed more than 200 guests on April 22 to celebrate the 18th Annual Creative Writing Awards (CWA), a strong tradition of the liberal arts deeply embedded in the Yale School of Nursing (YSN).
Festivities included a keynote...
A Sprint and a Marathon: Nursing Leaders from Across CT Debrief COVID-19 Strategies at Bellos Lecture
Tue, 04/27/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) held its annual Sybil Palmer Bellos lecture on April 19, virtually convening a panel of nursing leaders from hospitals across Connecticut to analyze how they strategically prepared their nurses for both the sprint and the marathon of the first two waves of COVID-19.
“...
Student Nurse Scientists Showcase Scholarship at Scholars’ Day
Thu, 04/22/2021
The annual celebration of nursing scholarship known as Scholars’ Day took place April 9 and featured presentations from a post-doctoral fellow and Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students from the PhD and DNP programs.
“This is an opportunity to host an exchange of information and to share the...
Revisit Nursing Expertise During Earth Week
Mon, 04/19/2021
Yale Earth Week begins today and runs through April 23, a timely opportunity to revisit Yale School of Nursing (YSN) subject matter expertise in climate change, planetary and human health, and urban planning for modern cities and health systems.
Learn more about YSN faculty and student involvement...
DNP Student Honored for Exceptional Humanity at Mass Vaccination Site
Fri, 04/16/2021
Congratulations to Leadership DNP student Ron Yolo, who recently received the Population Health Mission Award in recognition of his exceptional humanity, dedication, and kindness at a mass vaccination clinic treating vulnerable and underserved communities in Los Angeles county, California.
Over...
James-Conterelli Shares Black Maternal Health Expertise
Thu, 04/15/2021
Black Maternal Health Week presents an opportunity to learn more about the Yale School of Nursing (YSN)’s expertise in this area. Lecturer in Nursing and incoming chair of the Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN) program Sascha James-Conterelli, DNP, CNM, LM, FACNM is a leader in this...
YSN in Media: Saad B. Omer on Pandemic Lessons, Vaccines
Thu, 04/01/2021
Throughout the COVID-19 global pandemic, Director of the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) Dr. Saad B. Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FIDSA, has discussed everything from vaccine hesitancy and efficacy to policy strategy with a variety of local and national media outlets. Included here is a sampling...
Nursing Welcomes Congresswoman Underwood as Commencement Speaker
Wed, 03/31/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is thrilled to announce Congresswoman Lauren Underwood as the 2021 Commencement speaker.
“Congresswoman Underwood is a nurse, a fierce champion of women and people of color, and a skilled policymaker who brings compassion and clinical expertise to the House of...
YSN in Media: Vlahov on the Reopening of New York
Mon, 03/29/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Professor David Vlahov PhD, RN, FAAN is a nurse, an epidemiologist, and an infectious disease authority who has shared his expertise with a wide range of media outlets throughout the COVID-19 global pandemic. Vlahov recently shared his expertise with Gothamist about the...
ENRS Honors YSN Faculty Member, PhD Students
Mon, 03/29/2021
The Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS) recently honored one Yale School of Nursing (YSN) faculty member and two doctoral students at a virtual conference on March 25.
Assistant Professor in Nursing Shelli Feder, ’10 MSN, ’17 PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, ACHPN (pictured left), is the recipient of the...
Nursing Students Notch Top Three Places in Case Competition
Thu, 03/25/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students Samantha Ramirez ’22 DNP, Taina Lopez-Cartagena ’22 DNP, and Kwaku Gyasi ’23 MSN recently placed in the top three teams of the second annual Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) Case competition.
Participants were tasked with developing an intervention that...
YSN Sleep Experts Research Everything A to Zzzs
Wed, 03/17/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is home to a team of nurse scientists conducting cutting-edge research on sleep across the lifespan, and their work goes well beyond National Sleep Awareness Week (March 14-20). Learn more about their current and upcoming projects now, and stay tuned for the Sixth...
Well Rested: Facts and Tips During National Sleep Week on Sleep, Opioids, and Addiction
Mon, 03/15/2021
Sleep affects every part of our daily lives. Disruptions in sleep quality can have profound impacts on cognitive function, learning, and memory; on regulation of metabolism and hormone secretion; on immune functions, and on cardiovascular health. An estimated 50-70 million individuals are living...
