About Our Research Programs

Welcome to the UCSF School of Nursing Office of Research. Research is at the very core of the UCSF School of Nursing mission. In tangible ways, our research advances nursing knowledge, guides improvements in health services and patient care, and contributes actively in the development of new and exciting educational course content.

Located on one of the foremost health science campuses in the country, the UCSF School of Nursing enjoys resources available at only a handful of research-intensive universities. These resources specifically include the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) for interdisciplinary research training, with its 9 clinical research units located throughout San Francisco in both in-patient and out-patient facilities.

Over the last decade, the UCSF School of Nursing has been a leader in receiving research awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH grants and other sources of funding make it possible for faculty, their graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to sustain significant research programs that positively impact nursing practice, patient health care, and education. The UCSF School of Nursing consistently ranks among the top nursing schools in the United States for NIH monetary support and number of NIH research awards. In 2011, the School received 23 awards totaling $8.35 million.

Examples of recent research at UCSF School of Nursing are on our Research Highlights web page.

Innovative and ground breaking faculty research addresses areas related to the UCSF School of Nursing specialty programs and includes areas such as:

Aging and Aging Health Policy
Chronic Illness and Long-Term Care
Clinical Practices and Professional Studies
The Family in Health and Illness
Emergency and Critical Care
Health Promotion/Illness Prevention
HIV/AIDS
Pediatric Development and Health/Illness Care
Symptom Management
Women's Health Issues
Health and Environment

Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows receive research mentorship from faculty with international reputations and contacts. For example, predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships are available from the Research Center for Symptom Management (RCSM) and the HIV/AIDS Center. Trainees in these programs are encouraged to engage in ongoing faculty research, present their findings at professional and scientific meetings, and publish their work in peer-reviewed research journals.

NIH Grants for FY 2012

	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Department	Grant Number
1	Ifeyinwa Asiodu	Identifying Barriers to Breastfeeding Initiation in African American Families	Family Health Care Nursing	5F31 NR013120-02
2	Jennifer Baird	Understanding how PICU Nurses Care for Dying Children and their Families	Family Health Care Nursing	5F31 NR012093-03
3	Lisa Bauer	Brain Alterations and Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults with Heart Failure	Physiological Nursing	5K99 NR012773-02
4	Barbara Drew	Home ECG Monitoring to Detect Allograft Rejection Following Heart Transplantation	Physiological Nursing	5R01 NR012003-02
5	Yoshimi Fukuoka	Applying Mobile-Persuasive Technologies to Increase Physical Activity in Women	Institute for Health & Aging	5R01 HL104147-03
6	Emily Green	East African Immigrant Females: Adolescent Developmental Protective/Risk Factors	Family Health Care Nursing	1F31 NR013326-01A1
7	Julene Johnson	Community Choirs to Promote Healthy Aging and Independence of Older Adults	Institute for Health & Aging	1R01 AG042526-01
8	Kathryn Lee	Nursing Research Training in Symptom Management	Family Health Care Nursing	5T32 NR007088-17
9	Kathryn Lee	Nursing Research Training in Symptom Management	Family Health Care Nursing	3T32 NR007088-17S1
10	Ruth Malone	Enhancing Civilian Support for Military Tobacco Control	Social & Behavioral Sciences	5R01 CA157014-03
11	Ruth Malone	Exploring Voluntary Tobacco-Related Initiatives by Businesses	Social & Behavioral Sciences	5R01 CA143076-02
12	John Merriman	Identification of Genetic Markers Associated with Attentional Fatigue	Physiological Nursing	5F31 NR012604-02
13	Christine Miaskowski Bradley Aouizerat	Symptoms Clusters in Oncology Patients Receiving Chemotherapy	Physiological Nursing	5R01 CA134900-04
14	Christine Miaskowski Bradley Aouizerat	Characterization of and Treatment for Chemotherapy Neuropathy	Physiological Nursing	5R01 CA151692-02
15	Carmen Portillo	HIV/AIDS Nursing Care and Prevention	Community Health Systems	2T32 NR007081-16
16	Janet Shim	Conceptions of Race and Ethnicity Used in Gene-Environment Interaction Studies	Institute for Health & Aging	5R01 HG005848-03
17	Janet Shim	Conceptions of Race and Ethnicity Used in Gene-Environment Interaction Studies	Institute for Health & Aging	3R01 HG005848-03S1
18	David Vlahov	Harlem Community Academic Partnership: Influenza Immunizations	Community Health Systems	5R24 MD002754-06
19	Tara Walhart	Identification of Novel Inhibitors of Human Papillomavirus Infection	Community Health Systems	1F31 NR013863-01

Useful Research Links:

AHRQ home page	http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/grantix.htm
NIH home page	http://www.nih.gov/
NIH Peer Review Notes	http://www.csr.nih.gov/prnotes
NIH writing an application directions	http://grants.nih.gov/grants/writing_application.htm
NIH forms and applications	http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm
NIH funding opportunities & notices	http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html
NIH Reporter database for funded applications	http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm
NIH Application due dates	http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm
NIH Peer Review Policies and Rosters	http://era.nih.gov/roster/index.cfm
NIH guidelines for reviewers	http://era.nih.gov/reviewer/index.cfm
NIH Doctoral Training Fellowships (F31)	http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm
NIH trainee stipend levels	http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-047.html
UCSF CTSI research site	http://ctsi.ucsf.edu/
UCSF CTSI Research faculty profiles	http://profiles.ucsf.edu/
Integrity of Research Notice	http://compliance.ucsf.edu/IntegrityOfResearchNotice.html
Integrity of Research Procedures	http://academicaffairs.ucsf.edu/resources/media/integrityofresearchproc.pdf
Integrity of Research Academic Policy	http://policies.ucsf.edu/policy/100-29

Blue Ridge Mountain 2012 Rankings

Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research has published the 2012 rankings of NIH funding to Schools of Nursing (http://brimr.org/NIH_Awards/2012/NIH_Awards_2012.htm). Here’s a snapshot of the top 30 Schools:


Rank	School of Nursing	Award
1	Johns Hopkins University	$8,555,558
2	University of California, San Francisco	$8,066,700
3	University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh	$7,615,157
4	University of Washington	$7,566,497
5	New York University	$6,912,691
6	Universitiy of Michigan, Ann Arbor	$6,121,222
7	University of California, Los Angeles	$5,764,293
8	University of Illinois, Chicago	$5,364,429
9	University of Pennsylvania	$5,249,524
10	Duke University	$4,382,141
11	University of Maryland, Baltimore	$4,127,758
12	Yale University	$3,645,984
13	Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis	$3,600,546
14	Emory University	$3,441,376
15	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	$2,865,950
16	Columbia University Health Sciences	$2,670,768
17	Vanderbilt University	$2,505,918
18	Arizona State University, Tempe	$2,441,831
19	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	$2,297,617
20	Michigan State University	$2,162,660
21	Medical University of South Carolina	$2,098,924
22	Pennsylvania State University, University Park	$2,026,727
23	University of Rochester	$2,014,857
24	University of South Florida	$1,991,878
25	University of Miami, Coral Gables	$1,951,966
26	University of Nebraska Medical Center	$1,710,439
27	University of Texas, El Paso	$1,709,319
28	Virginia Commonwealth University	$1,687,465
29	Case Western Reserve University	$1,626,644
30	Ohio State University	$1,619,262