A person looking at the 2025 UCLA Nursing Magazine

Winter 2025 Issue

Spotlighting the people and ideas transforming nursing locally and globally.

Read the Welcome from Dean Lin Zhan

In this Issue:

Nicole Pablico

A Healthy Partnership

The UCLA School of Nursing and UCLA Health Nursing have forged an academic/practice bond that uses integration, collaboration, and synergies to benefit patient

6 min read
Neil Viswanathan, Julie Bernardo, and Chaleah Duran

A Smooth Path

Student Affairs supports UCLA Nursing students at every stage of the journey to their degree

5 min read
Luigi Estrera

Quiet Leadership

UCLA Nursing alum Luigi Estrera ensures success behind the scenes

2 min read
A learning leader volunteer who works with UCLA students to help them

Community-Engaged Learning

In a popular course offered through UCLA Nursing and the interdepartmental Disability Studies Program, students gain an appreciation for the live...

4 min read
Dr. Barbara Bates-Jensen

Signal to Act

Dr. Barbara Bates-Jensen co-invented a device that can identify subclinical signs of pressure injury

4 min read
Dr. MarySue Heilemann’s research team, left to right: Katherine Boiton Rodriguez, Heilemann, Mary-Lynn Brecht, and Daniela Flores Romero

Targeted Stories Help Users Help Themselves

Dr. MarySue Heilemann and her colleagues are studying whether an innovative app can successfully encourage Latina women to address their depression and anxiety

3 min read
Jessica Phillips

Ensuring Excellence

Alum Jessica Phillips supports UCLA Health nurses in delivering high-level, evidence-based patient care

2 min read