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Call for Applications: The 2020 Public Voices Fellowship on the Climate Crisis

Wed, 01/15/2020
Delighted to announce an exciting new initiative - the inaugural Public Voices Fellowship on the Climate Crisis. The goal of the project is to bring new, diverse voices into the national climate conversation via training in op-ed writing and thought leadership. Please consider applying and/or...

New Issue of Yale Nursing Matters Magazine Available Today!

Fri, 12/20/2019
In the issue, you will learn about YSN partnerships close to home on West Campus and far abroad in countries around the world. Plus, check out our cover story about Travis McCann ‘20 MSN and Joe Albertario ‘20 MSN and their big plans for two new apps.  Explore the Partnerships Issue.

Food as a Healing Agent

Fri, 12/20/2019
The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is a five-minute walk from the Yale Landscape Lab (YLL), and that proximity has forged a symbiotic relationship between the West Campus neighbors.  Michelle Kennedy ’05 MSN, APRN, enjoys bringing Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN) students into the urban...

Diversity: REACH Is Accepting Applications for Its Training Program

Mon, 11/25/2019
REACH (Recognizing and Eliminating disparities in Addiction through Culturally-informed Healthcare) is seeking applicants for its second training program. REACH is a five-year initiative funded by SAMHSA to cultivate leaders in the Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine fields and to increase...

Yale Researchers Contribute to Landmark Report on Health and Climate Change

Fri, 11/15/2019
Climate change is already damaging the health of the world’s children and threatens the wellbeing of an entire generation unless the world meets Paris Agreement targets to limit global warming to well below 2°C, according to a major new report co-authored by scientists from the Yale School of...

Dean Co-authors Paper on the Public Health Crisis of Underimmunization

Thu, 11/07/2019
Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM, MPH, FAAN recently coauthored the paper “The Public Health Crisis of Underimmunization: A Global Plan of Action”in the United Kingdom journal “The Lancet.”  In summary, the piece concludes that vaccination is one of public health’s greatest achievements,...

Congratulations to Living Legend Linda Schwartz

Thu, 10/24/2019
Congratulations to Linda Schwartz ’84 MSN, ’98 DrPH, RN, FAAN, who is being celebrated as a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing this year. “Linda’s humility, persistence, good humor, and dedication to the country, to veterans, and the profession are exemplary,” said Dean Ann Kurth ’90...