Illuminating Health

What We Must Do to Transform Care for People Experiencing Homelessness

Nearly 600,000 people across the U.S. are experiencing homelessness. What kind of health issues do people who are unhoused face, and how does that affect the health care system? What practical solutions are needed to improve care for people experiencing homelessness?
In the second episode of Illuminating Health, professor Heather Leutwyler and Taylor Cuffaro, a doctoral student and co-founder of the school’s street nursing team, discuss the challenges people who are unhoused face with health care access and how effective the street nursing model has proven.
The guest host for this episode is Dennys Balestra, a student in the school’s Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner — Occupational/Environmental Health specialty.
Illuminating Health is the official UCSF School of Nursing podcast that sheds light on health and health care issues that affect our daily lives. Listen in to short conversations with today’s leading health experts. 

Why We Need First-Gen Grads in Nursing and Health Care

Across the U.S., more than 40 percent of college graduates are the first in their families to earn a bachelor’s degree. What does it mean to be a first-gen student? Why is it so important to have first-gen nurses engaged in improving health and health care?
In the inaugural episode of Illuminating Health, Christina Keny, a first-gen graduate and doctoral candidate at the UCSF School of Nursing, and Laura Wagner, professor and founder of FirstGenRN — the first program of its kind nationwide — share their personal experiences and advice.  
The guest host for this episode is Mark Tungol, a student in the school’s Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist specialty and the president of the Associated Students of the School of Nursing at UCSF. 
Illuminating Health is the official UCSF School of Nursing podcast that sheds light on health and health care issues that affect our daily lives. Listen in to short conversations with today’s leading health experts.