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The Office of University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR) is pleased to announce two new staff appointments.

Assistant Director of Development Putman

Maggie Putman will be continuing to…

The School of Nursing is pleased to announce that Audrey Lyndon, RN, PhD, FAAN, will become Chair of the Department of Family Health Care Nursing (FHCN) as of August 1, 2017. After receiving her bachelor’s degree…

Faculty, alumni, and preceptors from the UC San Francisco (UCSF) Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner program shared presentations, showed leadership, and received honors at the 63rd Annual Meeting of…

  At the end of June, three key faculty from the Department of Community Health Systems retire—Carmen Portillo, RN, PhD, FAAN; Barbara Burgel, RN, ANP, PhD; and JoAnne Saxe, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, FAAN…

On June 16, 2017, the UC San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing held two significant ceremonies for our Master’s Entry Program in Nursing (MEPN) students. For entering MEPN students, the White Coat Ceremony took…

June 12, 2017
By Elena Flowers
Science of Caring
In part three of this series, genomic researcher and educator Elena Flowers explores her risk for Alzheimer’s disease and takes part in the open and active debate at UCSF about the societal and ethical questions that surround direct-to-consumer genetic testing.

The School of Nursing hosted the first Advanced Practice Nursing Career Panel and Fair on Wednesday, May 31, as part of Epilogue (N200.01)—a summative learning experience for the master’s program that fosters…

On Wednesday, May 24, Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland Dr. Michael McBride launched a new website to support parents bringing a premature baby home from a neonatal intensive care unit. The website was…