
The School of Nursing honors excellence and innovation through its annual awards to students, faculty, staff and preceptors. In addition, the Nursing Alumni Association presents awards to alumni.
Student Awards
- DNP Project Award: Douglas Wagemann
- Distinguished Dissertation in Nursing: Sukardi Suba
- Distinguished Dissertation in Sociology: Melanie Jeske
- Community Impact Award: Melanie Jeske
- Nursing Alumni Student Award for Meritorious Service: Lior Bloom
- Outstanding Master of Science Award: Whitney Bagby and Vivian Huang
- Cait Walsh Award in Nursing: Chris Bowerman and Lana Kipnis
- Emma Deboncouer Trans Health Scholarship Award: Mags Hines


Faculty Awards
- DNP Mentor of the Year (nominated by students): Jyu-Lin Chen
- PhD Mentor of the Year (nominated by students): Caroline Stephens
- Teacher of the Year (nominated by students): Andrew Penn
- Overall Teaching Excellence Award: Andrea Kuster
- Excellence in Clinical Mentoring (faculty nominated): Yoonmee Joo
- Excellence in Creating a Supportive Learning Environment (faculty nominated): Helen Horvath
- Excellence in Educational or Curricular Innovation (faculty nominated): Miranda Surjadi
- Excellence in Research Mentoring (faculty nominated): Jenny Liu
Helen Nahm Research Award
- Carol Dawson-Rose (40th Lecture Award)
- MarySue Heilemann (41st Lecture Award)


Staff Awards
Achievement Awards (in recognition of sustained, exceptional performance and/or significant contributions over at least six months):
- Andrea Benavente
- Christie Chu
- Jill Lam
- Sharon Lee
- Megan Rilla
- Katherine Tam
Spot Awards (in recognition of significant achievements and contributions, as they occur, for a specific project or task over a short period of time):
- Andrea Benavente
- Phyllis Blackwell
- Christie Chu
- Crystal Hunt
- Shey Jamtsho
- Kaori Keller
- Diana Koeplin
- Frances Lee
- Anne McGuire
- Echo Rowe
- Tammy Ryan
- Michael Sano
- Sara Wingate
- Brandee Woleslagle Blank
- Jeremy Wong
- Michelle Wong-Ng


Preceptor Awards
Helen Martin Award for Clinical Precepting: Amelia Baurmann
2021 Preceptors of the Month (listed in order of month awarded): Lynn Martin, Gabrielle Westergren, Jerry Saliman, David Gordon, Anna Kuo, Nana Efua Adabie, Dena Cuyet, Monica Mafla, Janet Godfrey
2022 Preceptors of the Month (listed in order of month awarded): Piera Wong, Sheri L. Foote, Angelina Caserta, Tania Yarema
Alumni Awards (given by the UCSF Nursing Alumni Association)
- Jane Norbeck Distinguished Service Award: Schola Matovu
- Alumni Practitioner Award: Kelly Kirby
- Alumni Philanthropic Impact Award: Roland Zepf
