Leadership in Action: Alumni, Faculty, Staff and Student Milestones
UCSF School of Nursing faculty, staff, students and alumni are transforming health and health care.
Four Inducted Into AAN's 2023 Class of Fellows
Four members of the School of Nursing community were inducted into the American Academy of Nursing's 2023 Class of Fellows on Oct. 7. Congratulations to the new inductees: Soo-Jeong Lee, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate professor; Heather Leutwyler, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor; Jerry John Nutor, PhD, RN, FAAN, assistant professor; and Rajashree Koppolu, MS, RN, FAAN, alumna and volunteer faculty member.
The prestigious honor recognizes nurses for their substantial, sustained and outstanding impact on health and health care. The four faculty members were among 253 nurse leaders inducted at the academy’s conference in Washington D.C.
Jerry John Nutor Urges UN Member States to Strengthen Health Systems in Fight Against TB
At the United Nations General Assembly in September in New York, Jerry John Nutor, PhD, RN, FAAN, assistant professor, delivered a speech on behalf of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and nurses during a high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis. Nutor encouraged UN member states, especially low- and middle-income countries, to strengthen their health systems to fight the disease and to invest in nurses to ensure an adequate number of well-educated health care professionals for TB prevention and treatment.
Patricia Benner Honored for Leadership, Impact
Patricia Benner, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor emerita, is the recipient of the Margretta Madden Styles President's Award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The award recognizes nurses for exceptional accomplishments, leadership and a revolutionary impact on nursing practice and on society. Benner received the award on Oct. 12.
Charlene Harrington Honored for Leadership, Advocacy
Charlene Harrington, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor emerita, will be honored with the Dan Osterweil Outstanding Leader in Post Acute and Long Term Care Award. The award from the California Association of Long Term Care Medicine honors Harrington for her advocacy and evidence-based research in appropriate staffing and quality nursing home care. She received the award at the organization’s Nov. 3 summit. Harrington also presented a keynote speech at the 22nd German Conference on Health Services Research on Oct. 4 in Berlin. Her talk was titled “Translating Research into Long-Term Care Facility Policy Changes.”
Watch Video: Celebrating Angel Kuo and the Impact of the UCSF-ZSFG Anniversary
For 150 years, the partnership between UCSF and Zuckerberg San Francisco General has helped create better health for San Franciscans. The School of Nursing is part of this legacy. Watch a short video celebrating the partnership that features UCSF experts, including Angel Kuo, EdD, MS, PNP, professor. In addition, watch a separate video highlighting Kuo and her dedication to interprofessional and improved care.
Andrew Penn on Psychedelics and Nursing
Andrew Penn, MS, PMHNP, professor, co-presented a talk titled “Psychedelics and Nursing: Updates From the Oregon Frontier” to an international audience with Sigma Theta Tau in October, discussing the implementation of psilocybin service centers under the voter-approved Initiative 109 in Oregon.
Yoshimi Fukuoka on AI and Chronic Disease
Yoshimi Fukuoka, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor, delivered the talk “The Role of AI in Combating Chronic Disease” at the UCSF Contemporary Issues in Advanced Practice Conference on Oct. 20.
Lauren Hunt on Dementia and Hospice
Lauren Hunt, PhD, RN, FNP, assistant professor, delivered the presentation “Dying with Dementia: Is Hospice the Answer” for the University of Pennsylvania Palliative Care Grand Rounds on Oct. 17.
Sandra Domeracki on Occupational Health
Sandra Domeracki, MS, RN, FAAOHN, associate professor, delivered a presentation titled “Injuries That Can Be Overlooked As Being Work-Related: Tennis Leg to Arterial Dissection” at the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses’ Education Symposium on Oct. 4.
Student, Faculty Present Research Findings
Ashley Thomas, BS, RN, a master’s student in the Clinical Nurse Specialist track, presented research findings at the 2023 National American Society for Pain Management Nursing Conference, Sept. 20-23. Her interprofessional research team includes faculty members Marilyn Bazinski, DNP, RN, AGCNS, Maria Yefimova, PhD, RN, and Michele Pelter, PhD, RN. The talk was titled “Low-dose Ketamine Infusions: Preoperative Screening to Optimize Post-operative Pain Management in Select Peri-Anesthesia Populations,” and the research was supported by a 2021 UCSF Clinical Nursing Research Grant.
Lydia Bartholow, Andrew Penn Present at Psych Congress
Faculty members Lydia Bartholow, DNP, PMHNP, and Andrew Penn, MS, PMHNP, were speakers at Psych Congress, Sept. 6-10, in Nashville, Tennessee. Bartholow spoke about trauma-informed benzodiazepine prescribing, and Penn discussed psychedelic-assisted therapies, working with patients who use cannabis and addressing clinician burnout.
Celebrating Preceptors
Marilyn Bazinski, September Preceptor
Marilyn Bazinski, DNP, AGCNS, PMGT-BC, the pain management clinical nurse specialist (CNS) at UCSF Health, is the September Preceptor of the Month. “I am very passionate about the value a CNS brings to the interdisciplinary team and will take any opportunity to endorse the CNS role and highlight its three spheres of impact," she said.
Nicole Sata, October Preceptor
Nicole Sata, MS ‘16, CNM, is the school’s October Preceptor of the Month. Sata has been precepting midwifery students at LifeLong Medical Care since 2019, providing excellent teaching and modeling.
“I am honored to help the next generation of midwives find their confidence and gain the clinical skills that embody the person-centered, holistic Midwives Model of Care,” Sata said. “Just as importantly, I continue to learn and grow from the students' experiences and their knowledge of the newest, evidenced-based changes in care.”
Read more about Bazinski and Sata, including comments from students, on the Preceptor Portal.
Faculty Capture New Funding
- Stella Bialous, professor, received a grant from the NIH National Cancer Institute for her project "Integrating Tobacco Use Cessation into Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES) in Kisumu, Kenya." The award is $99,475. (SON Research Themes: Community and Population Health; Health Equity)
- Susan Chapman, professor, received a grant from First Five Santa Clara County for her project "Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Workforce Strategic Plan." The award is $178,932. (SON Research Theme: Community and Population Health).
- Annesa Flentje, associate professor, received two grants from the NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse. The first award is $182,456 for her project "Mentoring the Next Generation of Substance Use, HIV and Epigenetic Researchers in Sexual and Gender Minority Health." The second award is $121,558 for her project "Investigating the Portability of an Automated Coding System of the Two-Step Method of Gender.” (SON Research Themes: Digital Health, 'Omics and Data Science; Health Equity)
- Elena Flowers, associate professor, received two grants from the NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The first award is $149,130 for her project "Empirically Based Career Development Program for Historically Underrepresented Early Career Trainees." The second award is $65,008 for her project "Mentorship of Individuals from Historically Underrepresented Groups in Health Sciences Research." (SON Research Themes: Digital Health, 'Omics and Data Science; Symptom Science)
- Julene Johnson, professor, received a grant from the NIH National Institute on Aging for her project "Research Network to Accelerate Mechanistic Studies of Music for Dementia." The award is $323,404 (SON Research Theme: Aging and Life Course). She received an additional award in the amount of $272,727 from the National Endowment of the Arts and $450,000 from the Music Man Foundation for her project "Sound Health Network."
- Kord Kober, associate professor, received a grant from the NIH National Cancer Institute for his project "An Investigation of the Molecular Mechanisms for and Prediction of the Severity of Cancer Chemotherapy-Related Fatigue Using a Multi-staged Integrated 'Omics Approach." The award is $149,967. (SON Research Themes: Digital Health, 'Omics and Data Science; Symptom Science)
- Cherry Leung, associate professor, received a grant from the NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health for her project "Probiotic Administration for Adolescent Depression." The award is $356,290. (SON Research Themes: Digital Health, 'Omics and Data Science; Symptom Science)
- Erin McCauley, assistant professor, received a grant from the Centers for Disease Control for her project "Taking a Public Health Perspective on Human Trafficking: An Evaluation of the PROTECT Prevention Program." The award is $135,404. (SON Research Themes: Community and Population Health; Health Equity)
- Jeremiah Mock, professor, received a grant from the California Department of Public Health for his project "Anticipating and Countering Emerging Tobacco Industry Strategies." The award is $185,185. (SON Research Theme: Community and Population Health)
- Van Ta Park, professor, received a grant from the NIH National Institute on Aging for her project "Asian Americans and Racism: Individual and Structural Experiences (ARISE)." The award is $2.6 million. (SON Research Themes: Aging and Life Course; Community and Population Health; Health Equity)
- Natalie Wilson, assistant professor, received a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention for her project "Centering the Margins of Mental Health Among People Experiencing Homelessness with HOPE (Healthy Outcomes for People)." The award is $487,741. (SON Research Themes: Community and Population Health; Health Equity)
In the News
- Mica Estrada, PhD, associate dean and professor, was featured in a podcast by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Institute for Diversity Science on how kindness matters for diversifying STEMM fields. Listen to the Oct. 5 podcast.
- Yoshimi Fukuoka, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor, was featured in Nurse.com’s Sept. 21 blog post “The Future Is Here: Using AI in Nursing is a Growing Trend.”
- Elizabeth Gatewood, DNP, RN, FAAN, assistant dean and professor, was quoted in Government Technology’s Sept. 19 article “VR Gaining Traction in Nursing, Medical Education Programs.”
- Charlene Harrington, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor emerita, was cited in the Mirror’s Sept. 6 article “Nursing Homes Will Have Staff Requirements For the First Time. What Will Change?”
Publications
- How I Became a Professor: My Parents’ Gifts for Pursuing the Impossible Dream — Stacy Torres, PhD, Oct. 23, 2023
- Behavioral Analytics for Myopic Agents — Elena Flowers, PhD, RN, FAAN, Yoshimi Fukuoka, PhD, RN, FAAN, Oct. 16, 2023
- Self-Reported Symptoms Experienced by Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Prospective Observational Multicenter Study — Kathleen Puntillo, PhD, RN, FAAN, Oct. 9, 2023
- Predictors of Emotional Prosody Identification by School-Age Children With Cochlear Implants and Their Peers With Normal Hearing — Karen Barrett, PhD, Oct. 9, 2023
- Remote Interviews in Nurse Practitioner Programs: Addressing Bias — Lisa Mihaly, MS, FNP-BC, Elizabeth Gatewood, DNP, FNP-C, FAAN, Oct. 10, 2023
- Feasibility, Acceptability and Lessons Learned From an Infant Feeding Intervention Trial Among Women Living With HIV in Western Kenya — Emily Tuthill, PhD, Oct. 5, 2023
- A Framework for Transforming the Professional Identity and Brand Image of All Nurses as Leaders — Marianne Biangone, PhD, RN, PHN, Oct. 5, 2023
- Agreement of Computerized QT and QTc Interval Measurements Between Both Bedside and Expert Nurses Using Electronic Calipers — Thomas Hoffmann, PhD, Fabio Badilini, PhD, Lynda Mackin, PhD, RN, AGPCNP, Michele Pelter, PhD, RN, FAHA, Oct. 2, 2023
- Supportive Couple Relationships Buffer Against the Harms of HIV Stigma on HIV Treatment Adherence — Sarah Gutin, PhD, Sept. 28, 2023
- Conflating Race and Ancestry: Tracing Decision Points About Population Descriptors Over the Precision Medicine Research Life Course — Janet Shim, Sept. 27, 2023
- Factors Associated With Mobile Medical Clinic Use: A Retrospective Cohort Study — Soo-Jeong Lee, PhD, RN, FAAN, Julene Johnson, PhD, Sandra Weiss, PhD, RN, FAAN, Thomas Hoffmann, PhD, Sept. 26, 2023
- Access to Prenatal Exome Sequencing for Fetal Malformations: A Qualitative Landscape Analysis in the US — Sara Ackerman, PhD, MPH, Sept. 26, 2023
- “You Want to Work or You Want to Steal?” The Impossible Choices Migrants Face Without Work Authorization — Stacy Torres, PhD, Sept. 25, 2023
- Investigating the Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) Among Cisgender Gay Men and Lesbian Women From the United States — Annesa Flentje, PhD, Micah Lubensky, PhD, Sept. 22, 2023
- An Innovative Longitudinal Nurse-Midwife Mentorship Program in Rural Malawi: The Global Action in Nursing (GAIN) project — Maria Openshaw, MS, RN (not pictured), Sally Rankin, PhD, RN, FAAN, Kimberly Baltzell, PhD, RN, FAAN, Sept. 21, 2023
- "Good Luck, Social Distance": Rapid Decarceration and Community Care for Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Jennifer James, PhD, MSW, Sept. 18, 2023
- Testing the Reliability and Validity of the Modified Amsterdam Inventory For Auditory Disability And Handicap In Career Firefighters in the United States — Oi Saeng Hong, PhD, RN, FAAN, Sept. 17, 2023
- Young, Black/African American, and Latino Communities Are Left Behind Despite Legislative Efforts in California to Reduce HIV/STI Disparities — Orlando Harris, PhD, MPH, FNP, Sept. 14, 2023
- Shifting the Paradigm: Antiracist Education for Advanced Practice Nursing Providers — Lisa Mihaly, MS, RN, FNP, Teresa Scherzer, PhD, MSW, Linda Stephan, MS, RN, PNP, Sept. 13, 2023
- Opinion: How My Memories of 9/11 Are Helping Me Find an ‘After’ to the Pandemic — Stacy Torres, PhD, Sept. 11, 2023
- Beyond the Symptom: the Biology of Fatigue — Christine Miaskowski, PhD, RN, FAAN, Sept. 8, 2023
- Advanced Practice Clinician Care and End-of-Life Outcomes for Community- and Nursing Home-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia — Ulrike Muench, PhD, RN, FAAN, September 2023