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Margaret Moss Appointed NMPL Specialty Director
Research Video Features Cast from Local High Schools
Margaret P. Moss was recently appointed Associate Professor and Specialty Director of the Nursing Management, Policy, and Leadership program at YSN. Dr. Moss has researched, presented extensively, and written on the subject of American Indians, aging, and policy. In 2008–09, she was named a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow and staffed the Senate Special Committee on Aging. A Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, Dr. Moss was one of 19 delegates for the National Congress of American Indians at the 2005 White House Conference on Aging, was Secretary for the National Interfaith Council on Aging, and is a co-convener of the Expert Panel on Aging for the American Academy of Nursing.
YSN has created a new online obesity prevention program to be implemented in New Haven high schools this fall. The site incorporates video vignettes of teen challenges to healthy eating and physical activity. YSN investigators Dean Margaret Grey and Dr. Robin Whittemore have been funded by NIH to develop and test the innovative program. See more on page 36. YSN hosted a celebration for the cast, who come from two local art high schools.
Yale-Howard Scholars Celebrate Tenth Year This summer marks the tenth year of the Yale-Howard Interdisciplinary Health Scholars program, a partnership bringing together undergraduate students and research mentors in a six-week intensive program at YSN. This summer, seven students from three universities shadowed clinicians at Yale-New Haven Hospital and studied health inequities with research teams. Since its inception in 2000, more than 60 students have benefited from the program. Many students have published with their faculty mentors, and the majority have pursued graduate studies. Yale-Howard Scholars with program director Dr. Barbara Guthrie (center back), and coordinator Stephanie Bedolla ’11 (center front).
Creative Writing Awards Feature Author and Actor Chris Lemmon YSN hosted the seventh annual Creative Writing Awards on April 29 at the New Haven Lawn Club with more than 160 guests. Shown at the reception are (l-r) Dean Margaret Grey; award winners Tanya Theriault ’12, Ayelet Amittay ’10, and Amanda Reilly ’11; organizer Assistant Professor Linda Pellico; and the featured speaker, actor and author Chris Lemmon.
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