(note: this news item will be updated through Summer 2023)

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• Racial Disparities in Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation Among Frail Older Patients Undergoing High-Risk Elective Surgical Procedures in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study of the National Inpatient Sample — Kyung Mi Kim, PhD, Ulrike Muench, PhD, RN, FAAN, Maria Yefimova, PhD, RN, Anna Oh, PhD, MPH, RN, August 2023
• Foregrounding Women and Household Dynamics to Inform Article 17: A Qualitative Description Analysis of Tobacco Farming Households in Mozambique — Stella Bialous, DrPH, RN, FAAN, July 4, 2023
• Preparing Nurse Scientists for Health Services and Policy Research: Five-Year Outcomes of Interprofessional Postdoctoral Training in the National Clinician Scholars Program — Susan Chapman, PhD, RN, FAAN, Jose Gutierrez, PhD, FNP-BC, Linda Park, PhD, RN, July 22, 2023
• Charlene Harrington, PhD, RN, FAAN, was quoted in WFXR's Aug. 9 piece "Battle Brewing Over Biden's Nursing Home Staffing Requirements."
• Unintended Consequences: California’s New Law to Cover STI Home Testing Kits Will Leave the Most Vulnerable Behind (page 26) — Orlando Harris, PhD, MPH, FAAN, Summer 2023
• Van Ta Park, PhD, MPH, and her study to improve Alzheimer’s care for the AAPI community were featured in a July 11 UCSF news story “UCSF to Study Alzheimer’s Genetics in North American Asians.”
• Influence of Depression and Interpersonal Support on Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among People Living With HIV — Jerry John Nutor, PhD, RN, Natalie Wilson, PhD, DNP, MPH, Orlando Harris, PhD, MPH, FAAN, Jose Gutierrez, PhD, FNP-BC, Thomas Hoffmann, PhD, Glenn-Milo Santos, PhD, MPH, June 29, 2023
• Understanding California’s Community Health Worker/Promotor Workforce: A Deep Dive Into CHW/P Employer Perspectives — Susan Chapman, PhD, MPH, RN, June 30, 2023
• Inclusion of Vietnamese Americans: Opportunities to Understand Dementia Disparities — Van Ta Park, PhD, MPH, May 24, 2023
• Multiple Chronic Conditions and Disability Among Vietnamese Older Adults: Results From the Vietnamese Aging and Care Survey (VACS) — Van Ta Park, PhD, MPH, May 30, 2023
• Asian Americans’ and Pacific Islanders’ Preferences in Recruitment Strategies and Messaging for Participation in the CARE Registry: A Discrete Choice Experiment — Van Ta Park, PhD, MPH, Marian Tzuang, PhD, MSW, Bora Nam, PhD, May 12, 2023
• Advanced Practice Clinician Care and End-Of-Life Outcomes for Community- and Nursing Home-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia — Ulrike Muench, PhD, RN, FAAN, April 18, 2023
• Ending the HIV Epidemic PrEP Equity Recommendations From a Rapid Ethnographic Assessment of Multilevel PrEP Use Determinants Among Young Black Gay and Bisexual Men in Atlanta, GA — Orlando Harris, PhD, MPH, FAAN, March 30, 2023
• Private Equity and Nursing Home Care: What Policies Can Be Adopted to Address the Growing Problems? — Charlene Harrington, PhD, RN, FAAN, April 6, 2023
• Advocating for the Vulnerable: The Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nursing Home Reform — Charlene Harrington, PhD, RN, FAAN, May 2023
• Charlene Harrington, Professor Emerita, won the UC Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award, which honors outstanding scholarly work or service performed since retirement, across the UC humanities or social sciences.
• Chapter 8: The Theory of Symptom Management (describing the UCSF Symptom Management Model), Middle Range Theory for Nursing, fifth edition — Sandra Weiss, PhD, RN, FAAN, Linda Franck, PhD, RN, FAAN, Heather Leutwyler, PhD, RN, Carol Dawson-Rose, PhD, RN, FAAN, Margaret Wallhagen, PhD, RN, FAAN, Sandra Staveski, PhD, RN, FAAN, Kord Kober, PhD, Christine Miaskowski, PhD, RN, FAAN, February 2023
• Challenges and Opportunities for Medical Referrals at a Mobile Community Health Clinic Serving Sexual and Gender Minorities in Rural South Carolina: A Qualitative Approach — Orlando Harris, PhD, MPH, FAAN, Feb. 17, 2023
• A WeChat-based Intervention, Wellness Enhancement for Caregivers (WECARE), for Chinese American Dementia Caregivers: Pilot Assessment of Feasibility, Acceptability and Preliminary Efficacy — Van Ta Park, PhD, MPH, April 5, 2023
• Influences on Advance Practice Nursing Education to Prescribe Medications for Opioid Use Disorder — Beth Phoenix, PhD, RN, FAAN, Matt Tierney, MS, RN, FAAN, Susan Chapman, PhD, MPH, RN, Joanne Spetz, PhD, FAAN, March 30, 2023
• Letter to the Editor about Kaiser Health News article regarding misleading information on the quality of NP and physician assistant care — Joanne Spetz, PhD, FAAN, Ulrike Muench, PhD, RN, FAAN, Feb. 27, 2023
• Stressors in Health Care and Their Association to Symptoms Experienced by Gender Diverse People — Annesa Flentje, PhD, Carol Dawson-Rose, PhD, RN, FAAN, Sandra Weiss, PhD, RN, FAAN, March 1, 2023
• SB159 Implementation: California Pharmacists' Perspectives on Opportunities and Challenges — Orlando Harris, PhD, MPH, FAAN, March 7, 2023
• The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Physical, Social and Mental Health of Black and Latinx Young People With HIV in the United States — Orlando Harris, PhD, MPH, FAAN, March 13, 2023
• Resilient Mothering: An Application of Transitions Theory From Pregnancy to Motherhood Among Women Living With HIV in Western Kenya — Emily Tuthill, PhD, Ann Maltby, MIDA (not pictured), Carol Dawson-Rose, PhD, RN, FAAN, January 2023
• Alice Wong, who was a longtime research assistant in Social and Behavioral Sciences, published the book "Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life."
• A paper co-authored by Susan Chapman, PhD, MPH, RN, professor in Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Laura Wagner, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor in Community Health Systems, has been named among Health Affairs’ top 10 articles of 2022. The paper, “Personal Care Aides: Assessing Self-Care Needs And Worker Shortages In Rural Areas,” determined that fewer personal care aides, which are primarily funded by Medicaid, are available in more rural areas and the gap between the potential need for these services and the aide supply is greatest in southern states.
• Van Park, PhD, MPH, professor in Community Health Systems, has been selected as a member of the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (NACC) Scientific Review Committee. The NACC was established by the National Institute on Aging to facilitate collaborative research, and manages standardized clinical and neuropathological research data that supports Alzheimer's research.
• New Psychotropic Medication Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia After Hospital Discharge — Ulrike Muench, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dec. 13, 2022
• Rural-Urban Prescribing Patterns by Primary Care and Behavioral Health Providers in Older Adults With Serious Mental Illness — Ulrike Muench, PhD, RN, FAAN, Joanne Spetz, PhD, FAAN, Nov. 29, 2022
• Charlene Harrington, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor emerita, was quoted in The Washington Posts’s Nov. 15 article “Decades of Neglect in Nursing Homes Spur Biden Plan for Staff Mandates.”
• Charlene Harrington, PhD, RN, FAAN, emerita professor in Social and Behavioral Sciences, has been named president of the UCSF Emeriti Faculty Association for 2022-2023. 
• Exploring Primary Healthcare Practitioners’ Experiences Regarding the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa — Orlando Harris, PhD, MPH, FAAN, Nov. 4, 2022
• Personal Care Aides: Assessing Self-Care Needs and Worker Shortages in Rural Areas — Susan Chapman, PhD, MPH, RN, Laura Wagner, PhD, RN, FAAN, October 2022
• Stella Bialous was elected to the 2022-2024 Board of Directors of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) by its general assembly during its Oct. 11 election. In addition, Bialous will be participating as a board member and presenting at two panels at the UICC Conference on Oct. 18-20.
• Susan Chapman, PhD, RN, FAAN, was quoted in Fierce Healthcare’s Oct. 12 article “Personal Care Aides Supporting Patients At Home Are In High Demand But Nearly 3 Times More Likely To Live In Poverty.”
• Charlene Harrington, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor emerita, was quoted in Kaiser Health News' Oct. 4 article “Nursing Home Surprise: Advantage Plans May Shorten Stays to Less Time Than Medicare Covers.”
• Van Ta Park, PhD, MPH, and her team’s work with the CARE Registry was recently highlighted in 22 news articles in multiple languages including in the Asian Journal’s Sept. 22 article “Asian Americans Not A Monolith, Advocates Urge For Disaggregated Health Data,” News Wave 25, Al Enteshar, Nguoi Viet, and SinoTV.
• Stella Bialous, DrPH, RN, FAAN, professor in Social & Behavioral Sciences, received an R01 grant in the amount of $665,714 from the NIH National Cancer Institute for her project "Addressing Disparities in Tobacco-Related Diseases by Understanding the Tobacco Industry Strategies."