Profiles
Combining the practice of mindfulness-based meditation with childbirth is Nancy Bardacke’s life work.
As a San Francisco General Hospital nurse-midwife and assistant clinical professor, Laurie Jurkiewicz cares for women and mentors students in a wide variety of settings.
Even as she helps clients in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, Esker-D Ligon helps nurse practitioner students gain hands-on experience delivering mental health services.
School of Nursing faculty, students and alumni garner national recognition for their work in a wide variety of fields, including pediatrics, geriatrics and health policy.
Pediatric nurse practitioner Meg Zweiback helps parents deal with the everyday challenges of raising young children.
Compassion, curiosity and a wide range of experience have driven Pamela Davies’ impressive career in pain management and palliative care.
An interview with Patricia Dennehy, longtime director of Glide Health Services and a nationally revered advocate for the expanding role of nurse practitioners.
Adult nurse practitioner and School of Nursing alum Carolyn Lee reminisces about a nursing career that is part of her family legacy with UC San Francisco and the health care professions.
Nurse practitioner Clarissa Ospina Norvell shares her passion for working with the diverse patient population of San Francisco General Hospital’s Positive Health Program with the nurse practitioner students she teaches.
Pediatric nurse and School of Nursing clinical instructor Ebony Parker helps nursing students translate classroom knowledge into real-world skills to care for sick children.
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September 2018
Elizabeth Gatewood, director of the School’s Family Nurse Practitioner program, shares her vision for the program’s future, which emphasizes empowering faculty to educate a new generation of learners.
June 2016
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.
June 2016
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.
