YSN’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion is pleased to announce its inaugural Visiting Scholar, Bernice Coleman ‘83, PhD, ACNP-BC, FAHA, FAAN. Named in 2013 as one of YSN’s 90 Yale Nurses, Dr. Coleman has made significant contributions to nursing throughout her impressive career. Her work has...
YSN Names Carmen J. Portillo New Executive Deputy Dean
Thu, 01/12/2017
Carmen J. Portillo, RN, PhD, FAAN has been named the Yale School of Nursing’s next Executive Deputy Dean. Her term will begin July 1, 2017. Dr. Portillo currently serves as Professor and Chairperson of the Community Health Systems department at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF)...
Symposium launches new Yale network focused on global chronic diseases
Wed, 12/07/2016
Non-communicable, chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes now account for more illness and death throughout the world than communicable diseases. This shift in the global disease burden spurred faculty from Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine to form the Yale...
Midwifery research can improve care for every woman, every child, says YSN deputy dean
Wed, 09/21/2016
An estimated 300,000 women worldwide die every year during pregnancy, childbirth, or soon after, and nearly 3 million infants die in the first month of life. Prioritizing research into midwifery – particularly on family planning, preterm births, and high-quality care – can help address these...
YSN Partners with Provost's $50 million Diversity Initiative
Thu, 09/08/2016
YSN Hosts First-Ever Nursing Program for National Student Leadership Conference
Mon, 08/08/2016
This summer, Yale School of Nursing hosted 100 students as part of the National Student Leadership Conferences’ (NSLC) first-ever nursing program. During the program, students were provided insight into the careers available in the nursing field, an overview of the type of curriculum graduate...
New NIH Grant to Support Pediatric Sleep Intervention
Wed, 08/03/2016
Nancy S. Redeker, Yale School of Nursing Beatrice Renfield Term Professor of Nursing, and Professor Lois S. Sadler of YSN and the Yale Child Study Center, have received a two-year $474,754 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for their study, “Community Partnership for Healthy Sleep...
