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UCSF Nursing School alumna Vicky Aldaz-Perry brings her public health background to school-based nursing in Oakland.

Story by Lisa Aliferis at The California Report (KQED).

In an auditorium tucked behind San Francisco’s Mission Neighborhood Center, a…

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Nearly all of this month’s Science of Caring focuses on pain and symptom management in the care of cancer patients. In particular, through interdisciplinary work at UC San…

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Work at UC San Francisco School of Nursing seeks to alleviate pain during and after cancer treatment by expanding the definition of precision medicine.

A study by UC San Francisco School of Nursing’s Christine Miaskowski and Bradley Aouizerat identifies genetic predictors for lymphedema in breast cancer survivors.

Bradley Aouizerat leverages epigenetics to seek new treatments for persistent pain.

John Merriman’s research aims to fight cognitive changes associated with cancer treatment.

Two faculty members from UCSF School of Nursing join a collaborative, multidisciplinary effort to advance the new UCSF Center of Excellence in Pain Education – one of just 12 such National Institutes of Health centers nationwide.

Family nurse practitioner Steve Leiner brings years of experience serving needy populations and teaching to his role as volunteer clinical faculty at Mission Neighborhood Health Center.

Excerpt from a July 24, 2013 livescience.com
story by Rachael Rettner, reprinted in the
July 25th Huffington Post; based on a study
to appear in the American Journal of

UCSF’s Catherine (Kit) Chesla delivered the 33rd Helen Nahm Research Lecture, highlighting findings from her research into families, ethnicity and chronic illness.