UCSF School of Nursing faculty member Carolina Noya pioneers a version of shared medical appointments for patients with diabetes. Its initial successes are drawing interest from rural communities in California and in Mexico.
The UCSF School of Nursing received $9.1 million in competitive NIH grants for 2018, making it No. 2 nationwide in securing federal funding for health care research.
California has a significant shortage of primary care providers. Nurse practitioners can help plug the gap, but they must first overcome some significant hurdles.
UCSF has joined a small team of health care leaders that comprise the National Clinician Scholars Program. The program trains clinicians to be change agents who can drive policy-relevant research and partnerships to improve health and health care.
Nurse-researchers are among those at the UCSF Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care examining how health care workforce policy impacts America’s growing population of older adults.
A major research award is enabling nurse-researcher Caroline Stephens to investigate the use of technology to improve palliative care for the nation’s vulnerable elders.
Students, alumni and faculty of the UC San Francisco School of Nursing are changing the face of health care with innovative educational, research and clinical projects.
During her 20-plus years at UC San Francisco School of Nursing, Erica Monasterio was an influential voice for serving the needs of underserved teens and young adults, and for making concrete progress in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion at the School.
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Science of Caring is an online publication from one of the nations top nursing schools, UCSF School of Nursing. We feature stories about important health care issues and themes from the perspectives of UCSF nurse experts. Our goal is to share how communities are affected by our nurses, how the profession is served, and how our students grow and become leaders in the field.