Prof. Maya Clark-Cutaia is a symptom scientist who studies disparities in chronic illness. Her work is driven, in part, by a curiosity to unlock the right daily sodium limit for dialysis patients — and to find better care delivery models for…
Written by Lataijah Beadle BS ’20 | President, Black Student Nurses Association
In early February 2020, eight NYU Nursing students, including myself and two other members of the Black Student Nurses Association (BSNA), were delighted to join the…
Two NYU studies have been selected to compete in STAT Madness 2020, a virtual tournament of the best innovations in science and medicine.
The studies—one led by researchers at NYU College of Dentistry and one by NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing…
Few Americans helped to change the face of nursing in the 20th-century more than Estelle Massey Osborne. A nurse administrator, educator, and leader at a time when racial lines prevented most African American women from holding top positions in…
Having more nurses trained outside of the United States working on a hospital unit does not hurt collaboration among healthcare professionals and may result in a more educated and stable nursing workforce, finds a new study by researchers at NYU…
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…
