School of Nursing & Health Professions News

Valerie Lam ’23 spoke at her commencement Dec. 15, urging fellow School of Management undergraduates to look to the future. For Lam, a business administration major, the future means starting a job at TIAA, the retirement fund, as a human resources associate in San Francisco. She got the job through the first friend she made at USF.

A message from the Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Professions.

The 165th Commencement ceremonies of the University of San Francisco will be Dec. 15 at St. Ignatius Church, with 762 graduates receiving degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Nursing and Health Professions, and the School of Management.

USF professors challenge existing paradigms to advance health equity and achieve health justice.

Three professors pursue global health as a human right.

Dhara Meghani, professor in the school of nursing and health professions, works to fill the care gap between prenatal and pediatric services for parents.

The University of San Francisco School of Nursing and Health Professions has launched the Nurse Health Equity Scholars program, the first of its kind in California.

Every fall session, the Fromm Institute showcases USF Faculty, leaders, researchers, and students with the Series “Changing the World From Here – USF Faculty Lectures” — a culmination and celebration of several projects: The concerted effort to diversify the Fromm Institute’s academic offerings, a forum to support intergenerational exchange and USF’s “Age-Friendly University” initiative, and a formal recognition of the Fromm Institute’s longtime relationship with USF.

“I dedicate this to future nursing students.”

This fall, 31 new faculty members joined USF. Learn more about them.