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Prof. Squires examines influence of country-level and health system factors on workforce production

November 09, 2016
Social and political factors influence physician and nurse workforce supply world-wide; there is more to positive patient outcomes than organizational resources and infrastructure A key component to achieving good patient outcomes in the…

NYU Meyers develops Holodeck

November 02, 2016
NYU Meyers Receives $2.9M Grant from the National Science Foundation to Develop a Holodeck Instrument A powerful, single, well-integrated engine for distributed transdisciplinary research and innovation with the potential to create new insights…
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Mattia Gilmartin named executive director of NICHE

October 24, 2016
New York University’s Rory Meyers College of Nursing (NYU Meyers) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Mattia Gilmartin as executive director of the Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) Program. NICHE, established in 1992…
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HS seniors underreport ecstasy use when not asked about molly

August 19, 2016
NYU and Columbia U. researchers find survey word-choice matters when asking teens about ecstasy/MDMA use      National surveys suggest ecstasy (the street name for the drug MDMA) use has decreased substantially among adolescents and young adults…
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Marya Gwadz awarded $5.8M from NIH for HIV care continuum intervention grant

August 19, 2016
New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing (NYU Meyers) Senior Research Scientist Marya Gwadz, PhD, along with Distinguished Professor Linda M. Collins, PhD, Penn State’s College of Health and Human Development, have received a five-year, $5…

NYU Research Shows the Struggle to Maintain Accurate Data on the Prevalence of Nonmedical Opioid Use by High School Students

August 19, 2016
     Nonmedical use of opioids (such as Vicodin, Percoset, and OxyContin) has become a major public health concern due to increases in treatment admissions, overdoses, and deaths. Data collected from high school seniors between 2009 and 2013 showed…
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Workforce study by Prof. Kovner shows 30% of nurses had change in unit type and/or title

August 19, 2016
Some factors influencing low unit-level turnover: first professional degree was a baccalaureate or higher, greater variety and autonomy, and better perceived RN-MD relations               “About 80% of newly licensed nurses find their first…

New NYU Study About Foreign Educated Nurses Seeking Work in the U.S. Sheds New Light on Global Nurse Migration Trends

August 18, 2016
Researchers find the post-economic crisis of 2008, changes in the NCLEX-RN licensure examination, and the WHO’s Code for Ethical Recruitment of Health Workers leads to dramatic decrease in internationally educated nurses in U.S.      Historically…

Pre- and Post-Doctoral Behavioral Sciences Training in Drug Abuse Research Program (BST) Comes to NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing

August 18, 2016
NIH-funded for over 30 years, the move by BST to NYU provides a rich intellectual environment for trainees and strengthens the linkages to NYU Meyers’ Center for Drug Use and HIV Research      The Behavioral Sciences Training in Drug Abuse…

Grade-School Students Teach a Robot to Help Themselves Learn Geometry

August 18, 2016
NYU, AZ State, and Carleton U. researchers create rTAG, a tangible learning environment that utilizes teachable agent framing, together with a physical robotic agent to get students away from the traditional computer monitor, keyboard, and mouse   …