YSN Receives Prestigious Future of Nursing Scholars Grant to Prepare PhD Nurses
Tue, 02/23/2016
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is one of only 32 schools of nursing nationwide to receive a grant to increase the number of nurses holding PhDs. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Future of Nursing Scholars program will provide financial support, mentoring, and leadership development to nurses who...
Dean Kurth to Speak at the 8th Annual Janet Parkosewich Research Conference
Wed, 02/17/2016
The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) and Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) Nursing Research Committee are co-sponsors of this year’s Janet Parkosewich Research Conference: The Pursuit of New Knowledge, Innovations and Improvements through Nursing Research. The conference will take place on April 21...
Welcome from Dean Ann Kurth
Mon, 01/25/2016
Greetings and welcome to the Yale School of Nursing. It was wonderful seeing our classrooms filled again last week as students returned to campus.
As your new dean I am thrilled to begin working with you in 2016 to achieve our mission of better health for all. A new year and a new beginning gives...
Study Led by YSN Faculty Member Links Cigarette Smoking to Genetic Underpinnings of Hypertension in African Americans
Mon, 01/11/2016
YSN Associate Professor and newly appointed Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion Jacquelyn Taylor, Ph.D., P.N.P.-B.C., R.N., F.A.H.A., F.A.A.N., is lead author of a recent study published in a Nature Publication“Scientific Reports”. The study titled, “A Genome-wide study of blood pressure in...
Calling the Midwife
Tue, 01/05/2016
Written by Katie Temes ‘17
Image from PBS.org
For many of us, winter break means catching up on sleep, catching up with family, and catching up with our favorite television series.
Confession: last year, after miraculously surviving the first semester of nursing school, I spent the first two days...
The Boy with the Fedora
Tue, 12/22/2015
Written by Christopher Schayer ‘17
One of the many wonderful things about YSN is its proximity to New York City. Yalies of every generation have enjoyed the tradition of breaking from their regimented Ivy League lives, to explore the whimsical wonders of the city. From the Metro North ride into the...
Faculty Member Receives Dove Medical Press Video Abstract Award
Mon, 12/21/2015
Yale School of Nursing Assistant Professor Marianne Davies, D.N.P., M.S.N., R.N., A.P.R.N., C.N.S.-B.C., A.C.N.P.-B.C., A.O.C.N.P., recently received the 2015 Dove Medical Press Video Abstract Award for the video abstract for her published paper, “New modalities of cancer treatment for NSCLC: Focus...
