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Alumnus Adrian Espinosa, president of the UCSF Nursing Alumni Association, shares his experience of leveraging his voice to influence health care reform and offers advice to colleagues on how to propel positive change forward.

Alumna Catherine Dodd shares her experience in shaping health care and offers advice to others seeking to advance change.

Through a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research training program and its master’s curriculum, the UCSF School of Nursing is working to equip its future nurse leaders with critical genomics knowledge that can lead to research breakthroughs and improve health for communities.

Researchers at the UCSF School of Nursing, relying on decades of experience at the bedside and in the laboratory, are leveraging big data and genomics to deliver improved care to millions of patients.

UCSF School of Nursing associate professor Linda Park has been studying the effectiveness of mobile health strategies for nearly a decade. In this Q&A, Park discusses her mobile health research, how these apps can be used effectively and what the future may hold for mobile health technology.

Christine Miaskowski, professor in Physiological Nursing, has been recognized as one of the “champions and changemakers of cancer prevention, early detection and symptom science” by the Division of Cancer Prevention.

Researchers at the UCSF School of Nursing are working to illuminate the pandemic’s impacts, especially on diverse and vulnerable communities. Together, they aim to develop and implement practical solutions that improve health care, shape policy, and prepare government agencies and health care organizations to better manage future crises.

As it has for decades, California continues to rely on the expertise of UCSF School of Nursing faculty to supply these solutions. The School has secured more than $18 million to fund active state projects that aim to improve the health of newborns, keep children safe and healthy in child care settings, and end tobacco’s dangerous influence, among others.

The postdoctoral experience at the UCSF School of Nursing offers a vibrant research environment where early-stage investigators are challenged to grow while supported by faculty mentors who are leading scholars in their fields. That support, coupled with UCSF’s institutional commitment to health equity and access to resources, creates opportunities for budding researchers to enhance their knowledge and skills.

As the pandemic seized daily routines and turned life upside down, faculty and staff at the UCSF School of Nursing quickly shifted to remote instruction to ensure that nursing students continue their academic progress uninterrupted. Despite the challenges of a global public health crisis, 189 nursing students from the Class of 2020 completed their programs and earned their master’s or doctoral degrees — on par with past non-pandemic years.

The UCSF School of Nursing is expanding its Doctor of Nursing Practice program, creating new pathways that will take registered nurses directly to a DNP degree in under four years. At the same time, the School’s PhD program continues to develop innovative nurse scientists whose research will improve care and services for those in critical need.

Sandy Staveski, assistant professor in Family Health Care Nursing, has been elected to the board of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Society.