Health Policy Faculty in the Media - Summer 2020
June 28, 2020
*note: this post will be updated through August 2020 Smith-Bernardin featured on the SocialEMpact Podcast
June 24, 2020
Health Policy PhD program alum and current adjunct faculty Dr. Shannon Smith-Bernardin was a guest on the Social EMpact podcast this summer. The show objectives include:
Understand the challenges in treating alcohol use disorder in the emergency department
Understand alcohol use in the... Malone named 2020 Mentor of the Year
June 17, 2020
Congratulations to Professor Emerita Dr. Ruth Malone PhD, RN, FAAN, on being named as one of the 2020 Student-Nominated Faculty Awards. These awards which are bestowed by graduates of each program in recognition of a faculty member’s dedication, support and excellence in teaching. Dr Malone is ... Harrington Serves as Panelest at Covid-19 Medical Grand Rounds May 28, 2020
June 02, 2020
Dr. Charlene Harrington served as a panelest at the UCSF School of Medicine Grand Rounds, "Update on Covid-19: Testing, ICU Practices and Outcomes at ZSFG, and the Experience of Elders in the Covid-19 Pandemic." In this UCSF Medical Grand Rounds presentation (May 28, 2020), UCSF experts provide an... Estes to Receive Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award
May 29, 2020
Professor Emerita Carroll Estes, will receive the 2019-2020 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award honoring emeriti professors in the UC system. A founding scholar in the field of “political economy of aging," and an Emerita of the Nursing Health Policy programfaculty, Estes has focused... Susan Chapman cited as Superhero in CalMatters
May 27, 2020
Susan Chapman, PhD, RN, FAAN, Joanne Spetz, PhD, and Laura Wagner, PhD, RN, FAAN, were cited as "superheroes" in CalMatter's March 27 story
Even with the flexibility and power afforded the governor under California’s current state of emergency, tackling such a major “system redesign” is an... Dr. Kate Horton's Research on NYC jails and COVID cited by major news outlets
May 20, 2020
Nursing Health Policy alum Kate Horton has had her work with the NYC Jail system cited by both CNN and the New York Times this week. MS Student Jason Bloomer in the News
May 20, 2020
Jason Bloomer, interviewed in this segment was the ICU nurse for a patient just released from UCSF after 34 days on a ventilator. Bloomer is currently a 1st year MS student in the Nursing Health Policy program.
Bloomer was also instrumental in setting up Zoom connections between patients in the... Dr. Charlene Harrington provides insight on PBS NewsHour, NPR, and more
May 19, 2020
On the Tuesday May 19 PBS NewsHour, the Senate is divided over when to provide additional coronavirus aid -- and to whom. Plus: Sens. Pat Toomey and Sherrod Brown on federal pandemic relief, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on COVID-19 trends in his state, coronavirus infections surge in Russia,... Shannon Smith-Bernardin Awarded Grant for Street Health Outreach Education Project
May 17, 2020
Shannon Smith-Bernardin, PhD, RN, assistant adjunct professor in Social and Behavioral Sciences, has been awarded Innovations Funding for Education for her project 
