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Carroll Estes To Be Honored with Robert Ball Award at June 27 Ceremony
Professor Emerita Carroll Estes, PhD, FAAN, will be honored with the 2019 Robert M. Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance from the National Academy of Social Insurance. The award will be presented at a June 27, 2019 ceremony in…
School Of Nursing Staff Members Celebrate Service Milestones
Ten SON staff members were honored for their years of service and longstanding dedication to the University of California at a May 10 campus celebration. Congratulations to the following colleagues who were recognized for achieving a service…
How Unstable Work Schedules Affect Individuals and Families
By Diana Austin “A lot of the instability in family life comes from uncertainty about time,” says sociology professor Kristen Harknett , of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the UC San Francisco School of Nursing. While there is…
What Does the Microbiome Have to Do with Stress and Depression?
By Andrew Schwartz In one aspect of her most recent National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research, the UC San Francisco School of Nursing’s Sandra Weiss , the Robert C. and Delphine Wentland Eschbach Chair in Mental Health, has sought to…
Six Faculty Honored With Excellence In Teaching Awards
Six faculty members will receive the UCSF School of Nursing's 2019 Excellence in Teaching Awards to honor their outstanding contributions and commitment. Excellence in Educational and Curricular Innovation: Annette Carley, DNP, RN, NNP, PNP, and Jyu…
Adam Leonard Honored with Excellence in Clinical Precepting Award
Adam Leonard received the 2019 Helen Martin Award. He is pictured with Dean Catherine L. Gilliss, left, and faculty member Maureen McGrath, right. Adam Leonard, MS, MPH, CPNP-PC, was honored with the 2019 Helen Martin Award for Excellence in Clinical…
UCSF-NCSP Begins Recruitment for First Cohort of Postdoc Scholars
By Katherine Tam The UCSF School of Nursing has begun recruiting for its inaugural cohort of scholars under its new partnership with the National Clinician Scholars Program, with classes to begin in July 2020. The NCSP is a two-year postdoctoral…
Faculty Member Jarmin Yeh Captures $3 Million Grant
Faculty member Jarmin Yeh, MPH, has been awarded $3 million in funding over 5 years from the Alzheimer’s Disease Program at California Department of Public Health for her project, “Reducing Social and Economic Impacts of Caregiving for Older Adults…
Announcing Winners of the 2019 School of Nursing Student Awards
Pictured from left to right are Cisco Alvarez, Daniel Linnen and Denisse Porter. The 2019 Student Awards will be given to the following recipients in recognition of their outstanding achievement and significant contributions to the nursing profession…
Appointment Of Carol Dawson-Rose To Livingston Chair
Community Health Systems Chair Carol Dawson-Rose, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been appointed to the James P. and Marjorie A. Livingston Chair in Nursing Excellence. Dawson-Rose’s passion for advancing the care of patients in hospitals, and her focus on…