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From understanding worker well-being to studying barriers to HIV prevention, UCSF School of Nursing community members are leading projects that enhance our understanding of social determinants of health. Here are…

Mags Hines, RN, was an educator and community organizer, and helped run the Berkeley Free Clinic before enrolling in the UCSF School of Nursing. 

“I had an understanding of social determinants of…

Access to safe housing, nutritious food, clean air, education and other conditions critically impact our health, well-being and quality of life. What policy change(s) can we, as a country, make to better address…

The UCSF School of Nursing is partnering with Hartnell College to prepare first-generation-to-college students to become nurses, equipped with the skills to advance health care for residents in the underserved…

School of Nursing community members are being honored for their significant contributions to health and health care. Congratulations to the following honorees on these prestigious recognitions.

Nurses comprise more than half of the world’s health care workforce. However, nurses are underrepresented in senior health care leadership positions, despite improved regulatory and working conditions for nurses…

Across California, experts are working to expand health care access, especially for those most in need. Learn about how just some of our UCSF nursing alumni are driving innovative change today.

From ending the tobacco epidemic to reducing the presence of pesticides in child care centers, UCSF School of Nursing faculty are leading innovative projects to transform the health of Californians. Learn about just…

The UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences (IGHS), UCSF Health and the UCSF School of Nursing are pleased to announce the launch of the UCSF Center for Global Nursing, a new home for UCSF nurses involved in global…

Celestine Yayra Ofori-Parku, a student in the PhD in Nursing program, works to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States and in her home country of Ghana. This fall, she continues this work as a…

Orlando Harris, PhD, MPH, FNP, knows first-hand climate change’s impacts on health. As an HIV researcher who leads on-the-ground work in the Caribbean, he has seen how hurricanes have devastated that part of the…

As a nurse practitioner, Chelsea Landolin sees the impact of climate change on the patients and communities she serves.

“People are losing their homes and their livelihoods to climate change,” said&nbsp…