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Oct. 18, 2021
UC Davis nursing school honored for excellence in diversity
Daily Democrat
Article announces the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis received the 2021 Health Professions Higher Education in Diversity (HEED) Award. The school is one of only 50 health professions colleges and universities in the nation honored for its outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Oct. 11, 2021
Black Doctors Speak
Genoa Barrow, Sacobserver
Associate Professor and pediatrician Jann Murray-García is featured in this article about Black physicians calling on the community to get vaccinated. Murray-García is quoted for her role in a virtual panel discussion about the risk of COVID-19 for pregnant Black women. The discussion was hosted by the Northern California Section of The National Council for Negro Women and its Good Health Wins campaign.

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Master’s Entry Program in Nursing graduate shares experience

Irene Cisneros-Fong is a 2019 alumna of the Master's Entry Program in Nursing at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis. In this video, she shares the value of her master's program and its benefits when entering the workforce in the pandemic.

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Advancing Health, Your Leadership in Action profiles donors, highlights scholarship recipients, shares news and delves deeper into the research happening at the School of Nursing. Published three times a year, Advancing Health highlights the impact of donor and alumni gifts and leadership.

Health Happens Everywhere
Through its educational programs and nursing-science research, the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis develops new solutions that place the person and family at the center of care.

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Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing graduate students and faculty are already impacting the value and quality of care in innovative ways. This series is a personal peek into their goals, research and future plans.

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Oct. 9 — Associate dean leads diversity training for national nursing academy
Piri Ackerman-Barger, the associate dean for health equity, diversity and inclusion at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis, led the training “Together We Advance an Inclusive Nursing Profession: A Model for Mitigating and Responding to Racism, Discrimination and Microaggressions,” at the American Academy of Nursing 2021 Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. Oct. 7-9. The annual conference followed a hybrid format this year with both virtual and onsite activities. The academy is a professional nursing organization that generates and disseminates nursing knowledge to contribute to health policy and practice. The training was one component of the academy’s new diversity and inclusivity efforts. Piri is widely recognized for her research and work to make both education and health care environments more diverse and welcoming. 

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