Yoshimi Fukuoka and her colleagues explore whether combining behavior science, big data, advanced analytics and mHealth applications can help people achieve the type of behavior change that can prevent or ease the burden of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other chronic illnesses.
Mobile diet and exercise apps are all the rage. Nurse scientist Yoshimi Fukuoka offers one model for shaping these devices so they help individuals make lasting lifestyle changes for healthier lives.
Nurse practitioner and PhD candidate Mary Hunter’s doctoral research examines the reasons women use long-term menopausal hormone therapy despite the risks and unknowns.
Driven by personal experience, Rafael Romo embarks on a research career aimed at helping patients and families make more informed decisions about the care they receive for life-threatening illnesses.
Disturbed by stalled progress on reducing the incidence of preterm birth, an ambitious UCSF-led, Lynne and Marc Benioff-funded initiative aims to upend traditional approaches to researching and addressing an epidemic that affects 15 million families worldwide each year.
UC San Francisco School of Nursing Assistant Professor of Sociology Catherine Bliss examines the way genomic science intersects with ideas of race and how it impacts social justice and health.
When she joined the UC San Francisco School of Nursing late last year, Stella Aguinaga Bialous brought an impressive résumé as a tobacco researcher, policy expert and nursing scholar.
Researchers and graduates from the Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing program at UC San Francisco School of Nursing are demonstrating the power of an often-misunderstood specialty to have a dramatic impact on population health.
Suzanne Bakken (PhD, ’89) has been a leader in using informatics to improve care and reduce health disparities. Her current work wrestles with how to use technological trends – from big data to mobile technology – to further improve the health of the underserved.
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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.