News

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...