Amy Witkoski Stimpfel, PhD, RN, assistant professor at NYU Meyers, has received funding from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing to conduct a qualitative study of sleep, stress, and substance use among nurses in the first five years of…
Dear colleagues,
By now you’ve likely heard the exciting news from NYU School of Medicine that all current and future medical students are receiving full tuition scholarships. We heartedly congratulate our colleagues on this historic…
The American Academy of Nursing has released its policy brief with recommendations in response to the repeated and unabated mass shootings within the United States. The February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,…
NICHE Executive Director Mattia Gilmartin has announced that Jennifer Pettis has joined the team as associate director of programs, bringing more than 25 years of healthcare experience to the program. NICHE was established in 1992 as the leading…
The National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing a $1.9 million, five-year grant (1P20NR018075-01) to establish the NYU Meyers Center for Precision…
NYU Meyers’ Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, under the leadership of Tara Cortes, PhD, RN, FAAN, has received nearly $882,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to continue building the geriatric capacity of the…
Christine T. Kovner, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Mathy Mezey Professor of Geriatric Nursing at NYU Meyers, has been appointed to the New York State Nursing Program Evaluation Commission.
The temporary commission is part of New York’s BSN in 10 legislation…
Study of Sexual Orientation and Heart Disease Risk Finds Some Disparities, Opportunities for Clinical Intervention
Bisexual men have a higher risk for heart disease compared with heterosexual men across several modifiable risk factors, finds a…
Hallucinogenic drugs are having a moment. A series of recent studies suggests that psychedelics may be useful for alleviating depression and anxiety, PTSD, and addiction. A 2017 book by Ayelet Waldman chronicled her experience microdosing (or taking…
Kim Glassman, PhD, RN, FAAN has been contributing her expertise to NYU Langone Health for four decades. Now she has been honored with an endowed directorship that acknowledges her leadership in health promotion—the first of its kind in the country.
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