Nurses and advanced practice providers have historically been undervalued and underutilized in global health, yet they comprise the majority of the global health workforce. The Global Nursing Impact Series aims to provide a platform for leading nurses and advanced practice providers to share the impact that they are making in the field of global health through research, advocacy, collaboration, innovation, and more. Invited speakers will present for 20 minutes followed by a 10-minute Q&A session.
The lecture series is hosted by the Center for Global Nursing (CGN) on the second Tuesday of each month on Zoom. More CGN events can be found on the CGN website.
Speakers
Jyu-Lin Chen, PhD, RN, FAAN
Family Health Care Nursing Professor & Chair, UCSF School of Nursing
Jyu-Lin Chen is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Family Health Care Nursing at the UCSF School of Nursing, where she is also a Professor. She holds a PhD in Nursing from UCSF. Chen has mentored matriculated and special studies students from various countries, including China, Korea, Japan, India, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand. Chen’s scholarly work in childhood obesity prevention addresses a critical and preventable global health concern with substantial implications for global health nursing research and practice. For more than 13 years, she has focused her expertise on global health research and has advanced awareness of obesity prevention among Chinese children and immigrant Chinese children through a series of 15 research studies.
Adam Cooper, DNP, RN, NPD-BC
Director of Nursing Continuous Improvement and Affiliate Nursing Quality, UCSF Health
Adam Cooper is the Director of Nursing Continuous Improvement and Affiliate Nursing Quality and the Interim Director of Nursing Research at UCSF Health. He also serves as the Director of the UCSF JBI Center and Co-Director of Global Programs within the UCSF Leadership Institute, supporting leadership development and evidence-based practice (EBP) programs. He received a Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) from the UCSF School of Nursing and holds national certification in both Nursing Professional Development and EBP. Cooper is passionate about continuous/quality improvement and EBP, and leads and teaches in programs at UCSF, nationally, and globally.
At CGN, Cooper is working with the CGN Director Rebecca Silvers, DNP, CPNP-AC, and the Tongan Ministry of Health to develop a Quality Improvement Fellowship to uplift nursing and improve health outcomes in Tonga.