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When the COVID-19 vaccine first became available starting in December 2020, long lines of people queued up at vaccination sites and appointment slots were quickly filled. But vaccine adoption varied, with Black…

Imagine a midwifery student sitting in a classroom wearing a virtual reality (VR) headset. They are immersed in a realistic clinic environment, providing care to a patient experiencing postpartum hemorrhage – the…

The room erupts in applause as the player rolls a strike – his second in a row. But this isn’t a bowling alley. It’s the community room of a local residential care program, and the game is video…

ChatGPT. Alexa and Siri. Self-driving vehicles. It may seem that artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere – and that’s because it is. 
 
But this is nothing new for Yoshimi Fukuoka, PhD, RN,…

Connecting health care providers with experts to treat substance use disorder. Ensuring patients receive quality diabetes care. Removing barriers to mental health support.

Experts at the UCSF School of…

Nurses in India, Malaysia and Bangladesh are gaining new knowledge and skills to strengthen pediatric care through a nurse residency program - the result of a collaboration between UCSF associate professor Sandra…

From ensuring care for people with disabilities to establishing new policies that hold nursing homes more accountable, experts at the UCSF School of…

Despite California’s reputation as a “reproductive freedom state,” nearly half of California counties lack clinics that provide abortions. This is due, in large part, to a shortage of health care providers trained in…

The first of its kind in California, UCSF's Midwifery Mentoring and Belonging Program seeks to re-diversify the midwifery workforce by pairing BIPOC students with practicing BIPOC midwives to support them on their…