Maya Clark-Cutaia, PhD, ANCP-BC, RN, assistant professor at NYU Meyers, has received a one-year, $30,000 pilot award from the Center for Improving Care Delivery for the Aging (CICADA) to study self-assessment among patients with kidney disease who…
Janet H. Van Cleave, PhD, RN, AOCNP, assistant professor at NYU Meyers, has been awarded a $24,352 research grant from the Oncology Nursing Foundation to fund a randomized study using the Electronic Patient Visit Assessment (ePVA) to improve…
This month being both Black History Month and American Heart Month we are shining a spotlight on heart health among African Americans. Statistics show that African Americans are 150% more likely to suffer from high blood pressure than the general…
Jackson Heart Study
What is unique about the Jackson Heart Study – and key to Cayo’s research – is that participants were tested not just for their blood pressure and pulmonary functions, but also their levels of stress, exposure to violence, depression levels, and…
Photo captions: Exercising at a Get Fit and Tone Class, in Canton, MS (Courtesy of the Jackson Heart Study); infographic revealing the disparity in heart mortality rates, Tennessee Department of Health, Office of Policy, Planning and Assessment…
NYU Study Finds Active Adults Are More Likely to Do Multiple Types of Physical Activity; Walking Is Most Popular Activity, Followed by Cycling and Dance
Highly active adults engage in a greater variety of physical activities than do less active…
Christine T. Kovner, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Mathy Mezey Professor of Geriatric Nursing at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, has been named editor-in-chief for Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, a leading journal focused on the intersection of…
“To the many people living with HIV, we are fighting this battle with you!”
With an award from the National Institute of Nursing Research, Prof. Ann-Margaret Dunn Navarra spent the last four years testing an intervention to help…
On December 19, more than 200 NYU Meyers nursing students participated in our annual Valedictory Breakfast and Pinning Ceremony. Held at the New York Marriott Marquis, the College celebrated the September 2019 DNP and PhD graduates and January 2020…
The first National Nursing LGBTQ Health Summit, conceived by the Nursing LGBTQ Summit Advisory Board, was hosted at Columbia University School of Nursing on November 21 and 22. The summit focused on advancing nursing’s progress in addressing LGBTQ…
Nurses sleep nearly an hour and a half less before work days compared to days off, which hurts patient care and safety, finds a new study by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. The findings are published in Sleep Health, the journal…
