Articles

In the aftermath of the Asiana Airlines plane crash, acute care nurse practitioners were an integral part of the team triaging and managing patients at San Francisco General Hospital.

Nurse scholar JiWon Choi tests whether a mobile phone-based app can motivate pregnant women to start exercising and experience healthy pregnancies.

Alumna Cindy Wojtecki looks at the experiences of older adults who live with implantable cardioverter defibrillators.

There are policy solutions that could help address the public health problem of alcohol disorders. First, however, the terms of the debate must change.

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

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.

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