Alumni Focus

May 2013 • By Diana Austin
Alumni Celebrate the DNS-to-PhD Conversion
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On April 26, as part of Alumni Weekend, a group of School of Nursing alumni gathered in San Francisco to celebrate the historic conversion of the UCSF Doctor of Nursing Science (DNS) degree to a PhD.
February 2013 • By Diana Austin
Improving Breastfeeding Success with Skin-to-Skin Contact
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Alumna Kristina Hung’s work helps increase breastfeeding rates for babies born by cesarean section.
September 2012 • By Andrew Schwartz
DNS to PhD Conversion Complete
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The UCSF Academic Senate approves conversion of the Doctor of Nursing Science degree to a PhD in Nursing.
August 2012 • By Martha Ross
Finding Her Own Path to Nursing
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Zena Harvill’s work as a pediatric nurse practitioner at Oakland’s Native American Health Center brings together the diverse threads of a richly lived life.
May 2012 • By Diana Austin
Alumnus Helped Redesign San Francisco General Hospital from the Ground Up
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Christina Foushee helped lead transition planning for San Francisco’s primary public hospital and only trauma center.
May 2012 • By Megan Smith
Class Notes
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Biographical notes help keep UCSF School of Nursing alumni connected.
November 2011 • By Diana Austin
To Protect the Brains of Newborns
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Susan Peloquin helps create UCSF’s pioneering neonatal intensive care unit to head off the neurological complications that are the leading cause of cognitive impairment and cerebral palsy in the United States.
May 2011 • By Diana Austin
Daphne Stannard Strengthens the Ties Between Research and Hospital Nursing
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Associate chief nurse researcher at UCSF Medical Center forges links between front line nurses and nurse scientists that lead to improved care.
November 2010 • By Andrew Schwartz
Making Childbirth Safer Around the World
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Suellen Miller has dedicated her long career to enhancing the safety of childbirth, including helping to spread the use of a simple device that saves the lives of postpartum moms in developing countries.

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