Proposal for UC HBCU Initiative accepted for funding
A proposal submitted by the UCI Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing for the University of California-Historically Black Colleges and Universities (UC-HBCU) Initiative has been selected for funding. The proposal, Promoting Compassion & [...]
#IAmUCI: Nikki Yamashiro, DNP
Doctor of Nursing Practice Program student Nikki Yamashiro. (Credit: Steve Zylius/UCI) Nikki Yamashiro’s passion for solving problems and helping others led her to pursue a career in nursing. Her path to the [...]
First nursing fellow wants to fight heart disease with education, awareness
Nursing PhD student and fellow Alexandria Jones-Patten. PhD student Alexandria Jones-Patten has been named the first fellow of the UCI Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing. The fellowship is the result [...]
The language of care
“It’s so hard when you’re sick and when you’re at your lowest point and to not have somebody who understands you,” says Valeria Soria Guzman. by Dhanika Pineda UCI Valeria Soria Guzman [...]
Nursing in Black History Month
A statue of Mary Seacole, unveiled in 2016 in front of St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, in honor of her role in founding the modern profession of nursing. By Mark Lazenby Dean and [...]
DNP student looks inside to find wellness
If Marcela Dos Santos were to give advice to her past self, it would be this: Take care of yourself first. As a future nurse practitioner, Santos aims to bolster the importance of mental [...]
Dawn Bounds co-authors chapter in new anti-racism textbook
Assistant Professor Dawn Bounds has co-authored a chapter in "Making Black Lives Matter: Confronting Anti-Black Racism," which was published this week. In the spirit of making critical knowledge accessible to all and supporting the Black community, [...]
Project to help students recognize, respond to microaggressions
Assistant Clinical Professor Tiffany Nielsen (center) instructs Doctor of Nursing Practice-Family Nurse Practitioner students on conducting physical examinations. Assistant Clinical Professor Tiffany Nielsen is a member of a research team dedicated to [...]
Dawn Bounds joins UCI Center for Environmental Health Disparities Research
Assistant Professor Dawn Bounds has joined a group of scholars at a new center on campus dedicated to addressing environmental justice. The UCI Program in Public Health’s Center for Environmental Health Disparities Research (CEHDR) will [...]
Jung-Ah Lee is next AAPI Nurses Association president-elect
Associate Professor Jung-Ah Lee has been selected as the president-elect of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Nurses Association (AAPINA). Lee was elected by the members of AAPINA. In her role, she will advance [...]
Alex Jones-Patten: A health equity champion with heart
Nursing PhD student Alex Jones-Patten. In her high school anatomy class, Alex Jones-Patten couldn’t get enough information about the cardiovascular system. Little did the Portland, Oregon, native know then that she would be [...]
Dawn Bounds appointed to UC diversity, inclusion collaborative
Assistant Professor Dawn Bounds has been named a member of a UC-systemwide Health Sciences Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Collaborative. The collaborative, a group of UC system DEI health sciences leaders, will work to [...]
Dawn Bounds is 2020-22 Inclusive Excellence awardee
Assistant Professor Dawn Bounds. Assistant Professor Dawn Bounds has been named as one of the inaugural recipients of the Chancellor's Inclusive Excellence Award for 2020-22. "The honor recognizes incoming faculty for their deep [...]
Excellence in Diversity Committee reports activities; Dawn Bounds is next equity advisor
Assistant Professor Dawn Bounds, left, and Associate Professor Jung-Ah Lee. The UCI Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing’s Excellence in Diversity Committee has concluded its inaugural year with a number of accomplishments, [...]
Event Recap: Bioethics and Jainism: From Ahimsā to an Applied Ethics of Carefulness
Brianne Donaldson, Shri Parshvanath Presidential Chair in Jain Studies at UC Irvine, within the Program of Religious Studies and the Department of Philosophy, gave a very well-received talk on May 21, 2021, on “Bioethics and [...]
Nursing PhD student receives Latino Excellence & Achievement Award
Nursing PhD student Sarah Rodrigues's research interests include family-centered and trauma-informed care, embodied knowledge and narrative methodologies. Third-year nursing PhD student Sarah Rodrigues was recently honored with the Latino Excellence and Achievement Award [...]
DNP endowment will expand primary care in underserved communities
Dolores Grunigen and Nikki Yamashiro. Dolores Grunigen, a longtime friend of UCI and The Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, has created an endowment that will support graduate nursing students who [...]
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