Research
A team of UCSF School of Nursing faculty members and clinical nurses from UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights aims to speed the next generation of patient monitors into widespread clinical use.
The Weiss Stress and Depression Research Lab looks to the microbiome for answers and potential preventive therapies.
The UCSF School of Nursing’s Linda Franck is a global leader in the effort to improve health outcomes for babies born too soon or too small.
Health economist Jenny Liu uses innovative design thinking methods and behavioral economics to bring health care products to people in developing countries.
The UCSF School of Nursing received $9.1 million in competitive NIH grants for 2018, making it No. 2 nationwide in securing federal funding for health care research.
Ethnographer Stacy Torres discusses her unique research on social relationships among older people, and how place can affect them.
The common pairing of chronic physical illness and depression is among the most difficult challenges that many people face as they age. Mijung Park’s research seeks to help older adults and their families better understand and manage the challenge.
Jason Flatt is among the first researchers to investigate the unique issues that may affect the health of LGBTQ seniors.
A major research award is enabling nurse-researcher Caroline Stephens to investigate the use of technology to improve palliative care for the nation’s vulnerable elders.
Heather Leutwyler is using video games to help older people with schizophrenia improve their mobility and health.
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Nurse-researchers are among those at the UCSF Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care examining how health care workforce policy impacts America’s growing population of older adults.
July 2018
In the 38th Helen Nahm Research Lecture, nurse researcher and diversity champion Susan Kools outlined her program of research among vulnerable adolescents and her work to increase diversity and equity in nursing education.
March 2019
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June 2019
Shared medical appointments at school-based health centers demonstrate promise for addressing childhood obesity in underserved youth.
