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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The American Academy of Nursing strongly urges US Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Kirstjen Nielsen and US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reverse the recently released policy guidance on “Zero Tolerance Immigration Prosecutions.”
The…
Larry Z. Slater, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, Director of the Undergraduate Program and a Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Meyers, has been chosen as a fellow in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s (AACN) 2018 Leadership for Academic Nursing…
Sandy N. Cayo, DNP, FNP-BC, APRN, clinical assistant professor at NYU Meyers, has been named the 2018 Nurse Educator of the Year by the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA), as well a recipient of the organization’s 45 Under 40 award. Cayo will…
Early detection using real-time symptom reports may help with timely treatment
Machine learning using real-time symptom reports can accurately detect lymphedema, a distressing side effect of breast cancer treatment that is more easily treated…
