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A new collaboration between UC San Francisco and Partners in Health aims to strengthen the health care infrastructure in Haiti to improve the health of the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country.

Faculty and students from UC San Francisco School of Nursing have recently been recognized for contributions to research and teaching.

Interprofessional work on the island of Roatán – in close partnership with the health system there and a nongovernmental organization – is a win-win for all participants and serves as one model for engaging in global health.

Three advanced practice nursing students take advantage of UCSF Global Health Sciences to experience the unique challenges and rewards of helping a resource-challenged hospital deliver better nursing care.

Dr. Pilar Bernal de Pheils is a Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing. In addition to her teaching duties, Dr. Bernal de Pheils maintains a practice at the Mission…

Dr. Erica Monasterio is a clinical professor in the Family Health Care Nursing department at the University of California at San Francisco. In 2008, Dr. Monasterio was awarded the Teaching Award for Excellence in…

Doctoral student Nancy Dudley explores how palliative care services could help older adults with chronic illness.

When acute care nurse practitioners first entered inpatient settings in Central and Northern California, few knew what to make of them. Twenty years later, they are central to the delivery of care in hospitals throughout the region.

School of Nursing faculty and students have been recognized for their contributions to the health of their communities across a variety of fields, including cardiology, midwifery and public health.

Margaret Wallhagen, PhD, professor of gerontological nursing in the UCSF School of Nursing and a geriatric nurse practitioner, has been named chair of the Board of Trustees of the Hearing Loss Association of America…

Naomi Schapiro, RN, PhD, professor in the UCSF School of Nursing and project director of UCSF Elev8, was awarded a three-year Advanced Nursing Education Grant to fund interprofessional training of students and…

Barbara Drew, RN, PhD, recently presented her research on expanding information obtained from ECG recordings to improve clinical decision-making and patient outcomes in clinical settings at…