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Yale Nursing Announces US Treasurer Lynn Malerba ’15 DNP as 2023 Commencement Speaker

Lynn Malerba '15 DNP will speak at Commencement in person.
Thu, 05/04/2023
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is delighted to announce US Treasurer and Chief of the Mohegan Tribe Lynn Malerba ’15 DNP as the 2023 Commencement speaker. Dr. Malerba made history in the fall of 2022 as the first Native American to serve as Treasurer, and her signature on the nation’s currency is the...

Yale Nursing Celebrates 20 Years of Poetry & Prose at the 2023 Creative Writing Awards

Fri, 04/28/2023
Left to right: honoree Anita Onuoha, honoree Kailu Shannon-Frolich, YSN Interim Dean Holly Powell Kennedy, honoree Michelle D., speaker Michael Shirima Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students, faculty, and staff gathered on April 20 at the New Haven Lawn Club to celebrate the winners of the 20th...

Office Hours with… Deena Kelly Costa

Deena Kelly Costa studies how nurses, physicians, and respiratory therapists in ICUs work together to deliver care. Photo by Dan Renzetti.
Thu, 04/27/2023
Deena Kelly Costa recently joined the Yale School of Nursing faculty. In an interview with YaleNews, she talks about her research, policy work, and a celebrity encounter. By Mallory Locklear Deena Kelly Costa, one of the newest faculty members at the Yale School of Nursing, studies how to improve...

Yale Nursing Presents and Wins at Parkosewich Nursing Research Conference

C. Chime Karkhang and Roxana Bustamente both presented work at the Parkosewich Nursing Research Conference.
Tue, 04/25/2023
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) affiliates presented their latest scholarly research at the 15th Annual YNHHS Janet Parkosewich Nursing Research Conference at the Yale West Campus Conference Center on April 13. The conference is named for Nurse Researcher at Yale New Haven Hospital Janet Parkosewich ’...

Reynolds Honored for Strengthening Ties Between Yale and New Haven

Heather Reynolds, Yale President Peter Salovey, and New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker. Photo by Dan Renzetti.
Wed, 04/19/2023
President Peter Salovey and New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker presented Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Lecturer in Nursing Heather Reynolds ’80 MSN, CNM, FACNM with an Ivy Award on April 4, honoring her decades of work strengthening ties between the university and the city. The annual Seton Elm-Ivy...

Integrating Chagas disease screening into primary health care

Patient evaluation
Tue, 04/18/2023
by Elisabeth Reitman April 14 is World Chagas Disease Day. Since its discovery in 1909 by Brazilian researcher Carlos Ribeiro Justiniano Chagas, a Chagas disease epidemic has spread from the rural areas of Latin America to the United States. When untreated, patients are at risk for disorders...

Yale Nursing Students, Alum Win Prizes at Research Conference

Jacob Hofheimer ’25 MSN (from left), PhD student Laura Manzo, and PhD student Yan Zhan all won awards at the ENRS conference in Philadelphia.
Wed, 04/05/2023
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) was well represented at the Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS) conference in Philadelphia, as students, faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and alumni attended and presented their scholarly research. Several YSN affiliates took home prizes from the 35th annual...