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Prof. Ann-Margaret Navarra receives NIH grant to expand research on improving HIV medication adherence among diverse young people

October 09, 2020
Ann-Margaret Navarra, PhD, MS, assistant professor at NYU Meyers, has been awarded a grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The four year, $1.6 million project (R01NR019535-01)…
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Prof. Bei Wu awarded NIH grant to study connection between dementia, diabetes, and oral health

September 25, 2020
Bei Wu, PhD, Dean’s Professor in Global Health at NYU Meyers, has received a grant from the National Institute on Aging to develop the first study of the combined risk of diabetes and poor oral health on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. …
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Teens who think their parents are loving are less likely to be cyberbullies

September 02, 2020
Emotional support from parents—and specifically, how teens perceive their relationships with their parents—associated with cyberbullying behaviors Adolescents who perceive their parents to be loving and supportive are less likely to engage in…
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NICHE Executive Director Mattia Gilmartin named Health and Aging Policy Fellow

August 18, 2020
Mattia J. Gilmartin, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been selected for the 2020-21 class of Health and Aging Policy Fellows. Gilmartin is the executive director of Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, an…
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Staff Profile: Meet Jamie Chiappetta

August 10, 2020
Jamie Chiappetta is the associate director of finance at NYU Meyers. “Anything that involves money goes through our office,” she explains. “We pretty much handle all of the financial transactions, reimbursements . . . the annual budget submission…
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Prof. Hallas's advice for keeping school kids and teachers safe this fall

August 04, 2020
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic relocated most K-12 students from their classroom desks to their kitchen tables as schools abruptly shifted to remote instruction to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Now, with the new school year quickly…
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Seeing Double? Going to NYU Meyers as twins

July 20, 2020
Interview with Barbara Paradis, MS ’22, BS ’17 & Eliana Paradis BS ’17 Barbara: We are not identical twins, we are fraternal! Some people see us and can immediately tell we’re twins. We have different personalities, so it’s easy to tell us apart…
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Prof. Victoria Vaughan Dickson awarded NHLBI grant to increase diversity in cardiovascular disease research

July 13, 2020
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded funding to NYU Meyers’ Victoria Vaughan Dickson, RN, FAAN, FAHA, FHFSA, PhD, to provide cardiovascular disease research and training…
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Summer blues: Meyers DNP student investigates if mental health education for camp counselors helps campers

July 07, 2020
Until COVID, Robin Schafer DNP ‘21, BS ‘99 used to spend seven weeks each summer as the health director for two busy summer camps on Lake Raquette, in New York — with sailboats, boat docks, log cabins, and mess halls pretty enough for a postcard…