Groundbreaking research by Yale School of Nursing Dean Margaret Grey and her colleagues was recently honored as being among the top ten most influential nursing studies in the 22-year history of the National Institute of Nursing Research, according to “Changing Practice, Changing Lives: 10 Landmark Nursing Research Studies,” a publication issued by the NINR last month. Grey and her team conceptualized and confirmed the long-term effectiveness of a novel behavioral intervention, called Coping Skills Training, for teenagers with Type I diabetes — a disease affecting over 200,000 youth nationally that influences how the body processes sugar. The study was the first of its kind to statistically show that a cognitive-behavior therapy could be an effective intervention, introducing the importance of a “new approach to diabetes care” which couples both medical and behavioral strategies, Grey said.  Read more