Martha Swartz receives Alumnae Award for Excellence from Case Western Reserve University
Fri, 09/29/2017
Congratulations to Dr. Martha Swartz, Professor of Nursing and Chair of the Primary Care Division at YSN, who will be honored with the Alumnae Award for Excellence on October 7 from Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing in Cleveland, Ohio. The award recognizes...
YSN Librarian honored with the Nurses Choice Award
Wed, 09/27/2017
Earlier this month, Janene Batten – Yale School of Nursing’s resident librarian – was honored by the Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) system with the Nurses Choice Award. It was presented by the YNHH Nurses Awards Committee for her tireless work supporting the nursing profession. A ceremony was...
Dr. Maggie Holland receives an R15 Academic Research Enhancement Award from the National Institute of Nursing Research
Sun, 09/24/2017
Dr. Maggie Holland, Associate Research Scientist at Yale School of Nursing, has been awarded an R15 Academic Research Enhancement Award, from the National Institute of Nursing Research. This competitive award provides partial salary support and funding for research activities for two years. Dr....
Postdoctoral fellow receives grant to explore diurnal patterns of people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Fri, 09/22/2017
Dr. Samantha Conley, a postdoctoral fellow at Yale School of Nursing, has been awarded a grant from the American Nurses Foundation. This award will support Dr. Conley’s work on obtaining foundational data to understand diurnal patterns of activity-rest rhythms, dim-light melatonin onset (DLMO),...
Dr. Veronica Barcelona receives a K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award
Wed, 09/20/2017
Dr. Veronica Barcelona, Assistant Professor at Yale School of Nursing, was awarded a K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award, from the National Institute of Nursing Research. This competitive award provides salary support and funding for research activities for three years. Dr. Barcelona...
Dr. Wei-Ti Chen awarded an R03 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Wed, 09/20/2017
Dr. Wei-Ti Chen awarded an R03 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Dr. Wei-Ti Chen, Associate Professor at Yale School of Nursing, was awarded an R03 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. This competitive award provides...
Notes from Woodbridge Hall: Research for the World
Mon, 09/18/2017
Over the past several weeks we have witnessed—and some of us have experienced firsthand—the destructive, awful power of natural disasters. Harvey and Irma have battered the Gulf Coast, the Caribbean, and the eastern seaboard of the United States. Now residents are struggling to rebuild and regain...
Spotlight on YSN Alumnus Tamanna Rahman
Mon, 09/11/2017
In a new series by the Minority Student Nurses (MSN) we will be shining the spotlight on Yale School of Nursing alumni who come from underrepresented, marginalized and non-traditional groups in advanced practice nursing. The first interview of this series is with Tamanna Rahman (YSN ‘16), PMHNP-BC...
YSN faculty present at Dublin symposium
Fri, 09/01/2017
Jackie Taylor organized and presented a symposium on Psychological Stress and Multi-Omics Interactions on Health Disparities among African Americans at the Sigma Theta Tau International Research Congress in Dublin, Ireland this past July, based on the work from her R01 funded InterGEN study. New...
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...
YSN Student Recognized with Double Honors
Tue, 03/28/2017
Fanta Bayoh (FNP ‘18) is having a great spring. The Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing has chosen Bayoh as a student scholarship award winner. She’s being recognized for both her academic achievement as well as her involvement in the community and for demonstrating the qualities...
YSN Continues Ascent in Rankings of Top-tier Nursing Schools
Tue, 03/14/2017
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Yale School of Nursing one of the nation’s leading nursing schools. YSN is now at number 6 in overall rankings representing a 13 place jump and number 8 in its Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program, a remarkable accomplishment after having graduated only...
YSN Associate Professor to Become a FAANP
Mon, 03/13/2017
Geraldine Marrocco, EdD, APRN, CNS, ANP-BC, is the latest member of the Yale School of Nursing community to be selected as an American Association of Nurse Practitioners Fellow.
FAANPs impact the broader healthcare community by leading new initiatives and engaging with nurse practitioners to...
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force – Attention to Populations
Thu, 03/09/2017
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has published a new paper explaining the rationale and process behind issuing population-specific recommendations.
USPSTF is an independent body of clinical experts charged with developing evidence-based guidelines for screening, preventive...
Yale School of Nursing Professor Honored with Hall of Fame Award
Tue, 03/07/2017
Yale School of Nursing’s Nancy Schmieder Redeker, Beatrice Renfield Term Professor of Nursing, has been awarded the prestigious Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame Award.
The award recognizes nurse researchers who “have achieved significant and...
Commentary: Nurses at the Forefront of Precision Healthcare
Mon, 03/06/2017
“Because nurses are at the forefront of patient interactions, it seems only fitting that nurse scientists lead the charge in genomic research that can be translated from the bench to bedside and be the agent for change in health policy related to genomic screening recommendations worldwide.”
Yale...
YSN Students Receive Prestigious Nursing Scholarship
Fri, 03/03/2017
Two Yale School of Nursing PhD students have been selected to present to the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing Emerging Scholars Forum in recognition of their early-career research and leadership.
Graduating PhD student, Shelli Feder, will be presenting on her research topic “Demographic and...
ACNM Recognizes School of Medicine Colleague
Mon, 02/27/2017
Yale School of Medicine’s Dr. Jessica L. Illuzzi, MD, MS, FACOG has been awarded the Louis M. Hellman Midwifery Partnership Award by the American College of Nurse-Midwives.
She is being recognized for her years of support for midwifery practice at Yale School of Medicine where she is an Associate...
Nurses’ Implementation of ECG Monitoring Practice Standards Improve Quality of Care & Patient Outcomes
Wed, 02/22/2017
Electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring is one of the most common technologies used in acute care and nurses, in particular, bear significant responsibility for the care of patients receiving this monitoring. A new study suggests that quality of care and patient outcomes improve significantly when...
Webber Award Winners Announced
Tue, 02/14/2017
YSN and Dean Ann Kurth are pleased to announce the recipients of the Webber Innovation Fund.
A total of 12 projects will be funded to benefit the YSN community and, in particular, our Graduate Entry Prespecialty Nursing (GEPN) students, thanks to the generous bequest of Clytie C. Webber (’46) who...
Why "Caring Matters Most"
Fri, 02/10/2017
When Yale School of Nursing faculty member and philosopher Mark Lazenby, PhD, APRN, FAAN was asked to give a series of lectures on nursing and the good of society in the spring of 2013, his research into that intimidatingly broad subject led him to the very foundation of nursing itself…through the...
YSN's Dean Joins Letter to Congressional Leaders
Fri, 02/10/2017
In anticipation of the burgeoning debate surrounding repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the Deans’ Nursing Policy Coalition, which includes Yale School of Nursing’s Dean, Ann Kurth, has sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to carefully consider the consequences of “repeal...
Inaugural Visiting Scholar Announced
Wed, 01/25/2017
YSN’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion is pleased to announce its inaugural Visiting Scholar, Bernice Coleman ‘83, PhD, ACNP-BC, FAHA, FAAN. Named in 2013 as one of YSN’s 90 Yale Nurses, Dr. Coleman has made significant contributions to nursing throughout her impressive career. Her work has...
YSN Names Carmen J. Portillo New Executive Deputy Dean
Thu, 01/12/2017
Carmen J. Portillo, RN, PhD, FAAN has been named the Yale School of Nursing’s next Executive Deputy Dean. Her term will begin July 1, 2017. Dr. Portillo currently serves as Professor and Chairperson of the Community Health Systems department at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF)...
Symposium launches new Yale network focused on global chronic diseases
Wed, 12/07/2016
Non-communicable, chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes now account for more illness and death throughout the world than communicable diseases. This shift in the global disease burden spurred faculty from Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine to form the Yale...
Midwifery research can improve care for every woman, every child, says YSN deputy dean
Wed, 09/21/2016
An estimated 300,000 women worldwide die every year during pregnancy, childbirth, or soon after, and nearly 3 million infants die in the first month of life. Prioritizing research into midwifery – particularly on family planning, preterm births, and high-quality care – can help address these...
YSN Partners with Provost's $50 million Diversity Initiative
Thu, 09/08/2016
YSN Hosts First-Ever Nursing Program for National Student Leadership Conference
Mon, 08/08/2016
This summer, Yale School of Nursing hosted 100 students as part of the National Student Leadership Conferences’ (NSLC) first-ever nursing program. During the program, students were provided insight into the careers available in the nursing field, an overview of the type of curriculum graduate...
New NIH Grant to Support Pediatric Sleep Intervention
Wed, 08/03/2016
Nancy S. Redeker, Yale School of Nursing Beatrice Renfield Term Professor of Nursing, and Professor Lois S. Sadler of YSN and the Yale Child Study Center, have received a two-year $474,754 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for their study, “Community Partnership for Healthy Sleep...
The Power To Serve, The Imperative To Protect: A Letter To Police From Nurses
Tue, 07/12/2016
YSN Faculty Member Calls for “Immediate Action” in Flint, MI Lead Poisoning Crisis
Wed, 06/22/2016
In an article published in npj Genomic Medicine, a Nature Publication Journal, Associate Professor of Nursing and Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Jacquelyn Taylor, PhD, PNP-BC, RN, FAHA, FAAN, calls for “immediate action” by health care providers in the Flint, MI lead poisoning...
Changing the Classroom Game at YSN
Fri, 06/17/2016
For years, students walked into class expecting a lecture by their professor, supplemented with a PowerPoint presentation and additional readings. However, emerging trends toward innovative teaching methods have persuaded many YSN professors to embrace new approaches, with the aim of...
Nursing Students Connect to the West Campus Landscape, and Themselves, for Patient Care
Tue, 06/14/2016
By Meghan Murphy and Jon Atherton
Learning about food systems, food security, and one’s own relationship with growing, cooking and advocating for healthy food is beyond what many think of as typical training for nurses. But this expansive view of health, allied to a growing connection with...
YSN Executive Deputy Dean Receives Prestigious American College of Nurse-Midwives Award
Mon, 06/06/2016
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) honored Yale School of Nursing Executive Deputy Dean, Holly Powell Kennedy, with the Hattie Hemschemeyer Award during the 61st Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Albuquerque, NM. The Award is ACNM’s highest honor. This award in the midwifery community is...
Senator Murphy, Congresswoman DeLauro Visit YSN for Cancer Moonshot Roundtable
Fri, 06/03/2016
On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, Senator Chris Murphy, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, and Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Dean Ann Kurth hosted a cancer moonshot roundtable at the school to discuss support for cancer research and treatments in Connecticut. Attendees included YSN faculty, Yale researchers and...
Quick-Acting Yale Nurses Save a Life, Lauded by Yale Police
Wed, 06/01/2016
On Monday, May 23, 2016, Yale Police Chief Ronnell Higgins presented Georgia Anne Arenas and Andrea Frantz-Iversen, two graduating YSN students, with the Life Saving Award. The presentation took place at YSN’s 90th Commencement ceremony at the Shubert Theater in New Haven.
Earlier this month,...
Ann Kurth appointed the inaugural Linda Koch Lorimer Professor of Nursing
Thu, 05/26/2016
Ann Kurth, the inaugural Linda Koch Lorimer Professor of Nursing, is dean of the Yale School of Nursing and an expert on global health.
As a clinically trained epidemiologist, Kurth focuses her research on how to improve the prevention, detection, and care of HIV and other sexually transmitted...
“Leadership is in Your DNA” – YSN Celebrates 90th Commencement Ceremony
Wed, 05/25/2016
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) celebrated its 90th Commencement on Monday, May 23, 2016, at the Shubert Theater in New Haven. This year, the school awarded degrees to 75 MSN students, 12 Doctor of Nursing Practice students, three PhD students, and two post-master’s students.
This year’s Commencement...
YSN Day of Service Supplies More Than 100 Bags for Mothers at St. Raphael’s Hospital
Mon, 05/16/2016
As part of Yale University’s annual Day of Service, YSN hosted “Newborns in Need” on Saturday, May 7, 2016. In total, 140 bags were assembled with diapers, clothing, books and other essential items, and will be delivered to mothers at Yale-New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus last week. The...
Giving a Voice to Seriously Ill Patients Through Palliative Care
Thu, 05/12/2016
For people with serious and progressive disease, integrating palliative care early on in their illness is imperative, according to YSN Research Scientist Dena Schulman-Green. Early integration of palliative care into a plan of care gives patients time to weigh critical and often emotional decisions...
YSN to Celebrate 90th Commencement Ceremony
Wed, 05/11/2016
YSN is pleased to announce that Bernice Coleman ’83, PhD, ACNP-BC, FAHA, FAAN, will present the school’s 90th Commencement address at this year’s ceremony. The ceremony will take place on Monday, May 23, 2016 at the historic Shubert Theater in New Haven, followed by a reception at the Omni New...
