Health equity advocate begins residency
Daniel E. Dawes, an internationally recognized leader in the health equity movement and scholar on the political determinants of health, has joined YSN as a Presidential Visiting Fellow for the next two years. Dawes is the founding dean of the School of Global Health at Meharry Medical College and served as an architect of the Affordable Care Act’s health equity–focused provisions. The school’s partnership with Dawes will include curriculum development, mentorship initiatives, and programming designed to empower health-care providers to address the political and social drivers of health inequities.
Visiting scholar brings reproductive justice advocacy to YSN
Professor Loretta Ross joined YSN as a visiting scholar for the 2024–25 academic year. A social and reproductive justice activist who has reframed reproductive rights within the broader context of human rights, Ross was a 2022 MacArthur Fellow and serves as an associate professor in the program for the study of women and gender at Smith College. She is a pioneer of “calling in,” a tool for turning difficult conversations into productive discussions. While at YSN, Professor Ross’s projects will include developing and implementing a sustainable model for integrating a culture of calling in and human rights into nursing education.
Providing care in conflict areas
In partnership with the International Council of Nurses, the American Nurses Association, and the schools of nursing at the University of California–Irvine and the University of Pennsylvania, YSN sponsored a webinar of leaders working in war zones around the globe to address the challenges nurses face in providing care during conflict and providing channels of support. The September 18 program, “The Challenges of Providing Care in Conflict,” attracted hundreds of students, faculty, and other supporters and served as a foundation for future international collaborations to support nurses providing care in conflict areas.
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