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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

(pictured left to right: Eric Festa ’17 MSN, RN, APRN; Kelsey Panosky, MSN, RN-BC, CNE, C-EFM; Melanie Alves Mollica ’03 MSN, ANP, WHNP; Elyssa Noce ’17 MSN, RN, MSN, APRN; Kayla Murphy, MSN, CNM; Janet R. Rimm ’04 MSN, APRN, BC; Clarice Begemann ’90 MSN, ’90 MBA, RN, MSN, APRN)
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...