UCSF School of Nursing

06/01/2026

In just one week, we'll celebrate the UCSF School of Nursing Class of 2026 at Commencement. It's been a long, hard climb, but our graduates have made it to the end — and we are so proud! 🥲👏 🎉

Image description: The UCSF School of Nursing Class of 2025 seated in their regalia, clapping and cheering. Text reads: 1 week until Commencement.

05/28/2026

Home-based care is a lifeline to patients who face obstacles in traveling to medical appointments.

But while clinicians who provide this care may enjoy their independence, it can be a lonely experience.

To help nurse practitioners and other providers of home-based care, UCSF School of Nursing experts recently launched the Home-Based Care Learning Collaborative ECHO, a free virtual learning community.

Read our story about this “all teach, all learn” environment: https://nursing.ucsf.edu/scienceofcaring/news/ucsf-launches-learning-collaborative-strengthen-home-based-care

Image description: Nurse practitioner Courtney Gordon, DNP, NP, on the right, cares for a patient in their home in San Francisco.

05/27/2026

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05/26/2026

The countdown is on! 🎉🎓👏🙌

We're so excited to celebrate the latest cohort of UCSF School of Nursing graduates at our Commencement ceremony on June 9. Only two weeks left!

Image description: The UCSF School of Nursing Class of 2025 seated in their regalia, listening to a graduation speaker. Text reads: 2 weeks until Commencement.

05/13/2026

In case you missed it: Research by Cherry Leung, PhD, RN, associate professor of community health systems, explores the gut-brain axis to find new avenues for treatment for teenagers with depression.

05/11/2026

These nurses’ research could help save your — or your child’s — life.

From airlifting acutely ill babies to catching diabetes patients before they fall into crisis, UCSF clinical nurses have teamed up with School of Nursing faculty members to advance critical innovations in care based on rigorous scientific research.

Read more about recent Clinical Nursing Research grants from the UCSF news team: https://tiny.ucsf.edu/SON26CNRStory

Image description: Bear Force One, the emergency transport helicopter for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, approaches UCSF Medical Center in Mission Bay for a landing.

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05/08/2026

We are extraordinarily proud to announce that Jessica Zègre-Hemsey, PhD ’11, RN, is the recipient of the 2026 Jane Norbeck Distinguished Service Award, one of the School of Nursing’s highest alumni honors.

An associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Zègre-Hemsey leads an interdisciplinary research program focused on emergency cardiac care.

“The ultimate goal is better outcomes,” she says. “Earlier detection. Faster intervention. Preserving quality of life.”

Read more about her research from UCSF Alumni Relations: tiny.ucsf.edu/SON26NorbeckAward

Illustration: John Jay Cabuay

Image description: A colorful illustration of Jessica Zègre-Hemsey from the shoulders up, looking straight at the viewer and smiling, against a simple purple background. At the bottom of the illustration is the following text over a purple and orange angular pattern: National Nurses Week, May 6-12, 2026.

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05/06/2026

Nurses are caretakers and lifesavers — and also scientists, researchers, teachers, scholars, and leaders. From bedside to boardroom, from laboratory to lectern, nurses are working across disciplines to solve the most complex issues in health care today.

To all nurses, at UCSF and UCSF Health and beyond: We see you, we appreciate you, and we are so proud of you!



Image description: Four photos of UCSF faculty members, learners, and alumni — assistant professor Jim Gatewood, PhD, RN, AGPCNP, and DNP student Damon Thomas, RN, walk through UCSF’s campus at China Basin during a long day of clinical training; alum Rubi Alva de Hickson, DNP ’24, RN, ACNP-BC, examines a patient in the intensive care unit; professor Jyu-Lin Chen, PhD ’02, RN, FAAN, lectures to her PhD in Nursing students; alum Melissa Fesler, DNP ’23, RN, FNP-BC, examines a patient in the clinic. Text at bottom reads: National Nurses Week, May 6-12, 2026.

04/22/2026

Celebrate nursing research excellence! Join us Wednesday, May 6, during National Nurses Week for the 45th Helen Nahm Research Lecture.

WHEN: May 6, 3-4:30 p.m. Reception to follow lecture.
WHERE: Byers Auditorium in Genentech Hall on UCSF’s Mission Bay campus. Registration is required: tiny.ucsf.edu/SON45thNahmLecture

Sabrina T. Wong, recipient of the 2026 Helen Nahm Research Lecture Award, will present “Informing and Transforming Primary Care: Lessons from the Canadian Primary Care Research Network.”

‌An alum of the UCSF School of Nursing, Wong is a leading expert in primary health care in Canada and internationally. She is a professor at the University of British Columbia School of Nursing and Centre for Health Services and Policy Research and the recipient of multiple National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Canadian health research career and operating grant awards. She is the first Asian American/Canadian woman to hold the position of scientific director at the National Institute of Nursing Research, where she worked with her NIH intramural colleagues to further research on the social determinants of health.

Image description: Sabrina Wong smiling outdoors on a sunny day. Text reads: 45th Helen Nahm Research Lecture Award. Sabrina T. Wong. The UCSF School of Nursing logo appears at the upper right.

02/24/2026

🎉 to Katerina Melino, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, associate clinical professor, who has been named a 2026 with the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

This highly selective national honor is awarded to just five recipients annually. Melino's selection honors her steadfast commitment to educating a new generation of health care leaders driven to improve mental health equity and access.

Learn more about Melino's work and research: https://nursing.ucsf.edu/news/katerina-melino-named-2026-macy-faculty-scholar

Katerina Melino, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, associate clinical professor in the School of Nursing, has been named a 2026 Macy Faculty Scholar, a highly selective national honor awarded to just five recipients annually. The Macy Faculty Scholar Program aims to develop the next generation of national leaders....