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A UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SPOTLIGHT REPORT ON HEALTH

Practitioner makes perfect.

The University of California has ramped up its efforts to help address a nursing…

UCSF's Dracup to Serve on Independent Committee to
Address Doctor Shortage, Health Needs of Baby Boomer Generation

By Louise Chu on August 22, 2012

Worsening physician shortages, an aging…

The UCSF schools of nursing and dentistry join the national Elev8 effort to improve health care for underserved Oakland middle school students.

UCSF nurse scientists test whether bringing patients into the virtual world of electronic games can lead to better outcomes and quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease and lung cancer.

Patricia Dennehy and OiSaeng Hong are among national nurse leaders in a discussion with the White House on health care reform.

Zena Harvill’s work as a pediatric nurse practitioner at Oakland’s Native American Health Center brings together the diverse threads of a richly lived life.

With her advanced practice nursing students, Laura Kee shares insights gathered from a long, rich career in cardiovascular nursing.

To address one of the major contributing factors leading to medical errors, an interprofessional UCSF team develops a web-based curriculum to improve communication among clinicians.

From Linda Franck, Chair, Department of Family Health Care Nursing (FHCN):
"We are very pleased that FHCN's Jerusalem Makonnen and Katie Clark are two of the first three UCSF faculty members to be invited to…

Nurse-midwife Angel James believes the ACA’s easing of access to contraception is an important step, but that halting unintended pregnancies depends more on underlying social factors that run deeper than legislative solutions.

Refugee Receives Soros Fellowship to Pursue Doctorate in Sociology Once Homeless, Boroka Bo Wants to Help Most Vulnerable

Story by Patricia Yollin

When Boroka Bo enters UCSF in September…

Authors Gerri Collins-Bride and JoAnne Saxe discuss their new book and the future of advanced practice nursing.