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UCSF School of Nursing professors (from left), Linda Franck, Abbey Alkon, Valerie Yerger and Ruth Malone are working on state-funded projects designed to better the health of Californians.
March 17, 2021
How the UCSF School of Nursing is Changing Health Care in California
By Milenko Martinovich
Science of Caring
As it has for decades, California continues to rely on the expertise of UCSF School of Nursing faculty to supply these solutions. The School has secured more than $18 million to fund active state projects that aim to improve the health of newborns, keep children safe and healthy in child care settings, and end tobacco’s dangerous influence, among others.
UCSF School of Nursing postdoctoral scholar Anna Oh is evaluating a new program designed to help aging veterans who were formerly homeless. (Photo credit: Elisabeth Fall)
March 16, 2021
UCSF Nursing Postdocs Are Advancing the Science of Health Care. Here's How.
By Milenko Martinovich
Science of Caring
The postdoctoral experience at the UCSF School of Nursing offers a vibrant research environment where early-stage investigators are challenged to grow while supported by faculty mentors who are leading scholars in their fields. That support, coupled with UCSF’s institutional commitment to health equity and access to resources, creates opportunities for budding researchers to enhance their knowledge and skills.
Three UCSF School of Nursing students listen to their instructor during a lab class.
January 15, 2021
How UCSF’s Nursing School Is Innovating Education Amid a Global Pandemic
By Milenko Martinovich
Science of Caring
As the pandemic seized daily routines and turned life upside down, faculty and staff at the UCSF School of Nursing quickly shifted to remote instruction to ensure that nursing students continue their academic progress uninterrupted. Despite the challenges of a global public health crisis, 189 nursing students from the Class of 2020 completed their programs and earned their master’s or doctoral degrees — on par with past non-pandemic years.
A photo collage including a photo of two nurses with an IV stand and a photo of two researchers in a lab.
January 15, 2021
Advancing Science and Practice to Improve Patient Care
By Milenko Martinovich
Science of Caring
The UCSF School of Nursing is expanding its Doctor of Nursing Practice program, creating new pathways that will take registered nurses directly to a DNP degree in under four years. At the same time, the School’s PhD program continues to develop innovative nurse scientists whose research will improve care and services for those in critical need.
Nursing Pioneers
Nov. 17, 2020
Honoring Nursing Pioneers
Science of Caring

By Katherine Tam

For more than a century, faculty, students and alumni from the UCSF School of Nursing have overcome obstacles to introduce innovative change that has transformed health care for the better…

Nov. 16, 2020
Leadership in Action: Alumni, Faculty, Staff and Student Milestones
By School of Nursing Communications
Science of Caring
Christine Miaskowski, professor in Physiological Nursing, has been awarded the 2020 Ada Sue Hinshaw Award from the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR). The School will host a recognition celebration in early 2021.