By Milenko Martinovich
Photography by Elisabeth Fall
Staff members Anatol Sucher and Sergio Diaz are usually found performing painstaking tests in the School of Nursing’s Genomics Laboratory…
News
October 17, 2019
Science of Caring
UCSF Nursing students are applying their skills and knowledge to assist those in need, including some nearly half a world away.
October 16, 2019
Science of Caring
School of Nursing professors Elizabeth Gatewood and Matt Tierney collaborated with Scott Steiger at the School of Medicine to develop a course fast-tracking the process for health care professionals to treat patients battling addiction.
October 16, 2019
Science of Caring
The UCSF School of Nursing commissioned a mural to honor pioneers who paved the way for diversity and inclusion in nursing. More than 100 guests attended the mural's unveiling.
The UC San Francisco School of Nursing has unveiled a new mural that commemorates a diverse set of nurse heroes whose work and advocacy revolutionized health care and paved the way for diversity and inclusion…
Kate Oppegaard has been caring for those impacted by cancer for more than a decade. She sees herself as a “force for calm and peace,” settling these patients when fear, anger or confusion – or sometimes all three…
By Katherine Tam
Despite spending seven hours in the training lab, student Vanessa Simmons wasn’t ready to go home yet. Her head brimming with new skills acquired that day, she changed into…
Van Ta Park, PhD, MPH, associate professor in the School's Community Health Systems department, has received a $3.3 million three-year grant from the NIH National Institute on Aging.
Park’s goal is…
September 13, 2019
Science of Caring
Wendy Max, professor of health economics and director of the School's Institute for Health & Aging, examines the human health costs of climate change.
September 12, 2019
Science of Caring
UCSF’s thoughtful attention to attracting and meeting the needs of first-generation students who advance to graduate education in the health sciences has garnered national recognition.
By Milenko Martinovich
Many health care professionals might envy Adrian Núñez’s career. He has held director-level positions at multiple organizations, gained valuable experience in public policy, and…
August 19, 2019
Science of Caring
The e-cigarette epidemic among U.S. youth has the potential to be damaging to the environment.