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Inside the Drive to Improve Patient Care With Innovation

Connecting health care providers with experts to treat substance use disorder. Ensuring patients receive quality diabetes care. Removing barriers to mental health support.

Experts at the UCSF School of Nursing are partnering with UCSF Health and its network of community affiliates to launch innovative new programs that advance patient care.

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Matt Tierney, MS, NP, FAAN, and Sujatha Sankaran, MD

Nursing Leaders & Change Makers

The nurse leaders and scholars at UCSF push the boundaries of nursing science and education innovation to transform human health and health care systems for the better.

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Pictured from left: UCSF School of Nursing experts Natalie Wilson, Abbey Alkon and Kara Birch.
From the Experts: The Change We Can Make to Better Address Social Determinants of Health
November 14, 2022
Access to safe housing, nutritious food, clean air, education and other conditions critically impact our health, well-being and quality of life. What policy change(s) can we, as a country, make to better address social determinants and improve the health of our communities? Experts at the UCSF School of Nursing provide their recommendations.
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Critical Issues in Health Care

The UCSF School of Nursing stands at the forefront of leading innovative change and new initiatives that tackle the most pressing issues in health care today.

Health Equity
Professor Howard Pinderhughes, PhD, facilitates a discussion as part of the course “Race and Class Factors in Health Care Delivery."
Preparing Nurses to Lead Innovative Solutions for Health Disparities
Education
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Understanding How Social and Economic Conditions Impact Our Health
Research
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.
How the UCSF School of Nursing is Changing Health Care in California
Research
Aging and Life Course
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The Projects That Are Breaking Ground in Patient Care
Patient Care, Research
Collage of photos of people's faces
How to Meet the Needs of a Diverse Aging Society
Research
40 Under 40 Photo Collage
40 Under 40: Rising Nurse Leaders
Health Policy and Advocacy, Research, Nursing Leaders
Community and Population Health
Mother holding baby
How UCSF Nurses are Strengthening Maternal and Perinatal Health
Research
Pregnant individual
Reversing the Tide of Black Maternal Mortality
Research
Research collaborators, from left: Tingting Yao, Hai-Yen Sung, Wendy Max and Yingning Wang (photo by Elisabeth Fall)
Making Sense of the Next Generation of Tobacco-Related Health Care Costs
Research
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