Master's Projects/Capstones from 2023
Meet Me in the Middle: A Scoping Review on Understanding Adolescent Needs in Climate Communication, Gwendolyn Monica Hoff Anderson
Building Sustainable Environmental Activism Programs for Youth, Aminah Habib
Surviving the Stigma: Incorporating Mental Health Literacy to Increase Help-Seeking in California First Responders, Yvonne C. Newson
Master's Projects/Capstones from 2022
Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Exposure in Feminine Hygiene Products and the Effect on the Menstrual Cycle, Elizabeth Aguirre
“I want them to see me as a complete person”: Sustaining people of color in predominantly white institutions through counter-hegemony, Jessica Albavera
How Are We (Really) Doing? Perspectives on Program Evaluations in Non-Profit Organizations, Martin Alkire
A One Health Approach: Addressing the Overuse of Antibiotics in Agriculture, Abby Erin Anderson
In “Plane” Sight: A Study of SFO’s Human Trafficking Intervention Sticker, Kendall R. Anderson
Evaluation of dam decommissioning as a habitat restoration method: A case study of California, Carla Lissette Angulo
Tobacco Policy Reform: Ending the Youth and Young Adult Tobacco Epidemic, Rocio Arjon
Instituting a Preceptor Program in Home Health, Abbi Arnold
COVID-19 Youth Ambassador Corp, a Community-based Program to Address Vaccine Hesitancy, Atoosa Azarang
Improving Medication Side Effects Documentation and Clinician Understanding in Home Health, Katherine Bales
Improving Outreach with Stroke Patients after Discharge, Marsha Belen
Interactive and Engaging Virtual/Online English Classes: Fostering Teaching and Social Presence, Merve Beyazit Taner
Language for Life: Heritage Language Maintenance, Ani Braude
Interventions for Healthcare Provider Burnout: A Systematic Literature Review, Parisa Broomandkhoshbacht
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Information Technology Industry, Natalie Louise Calhoun
Impacts of Nitrogen Enrichment on Corals – A Remote Sensing Approach, David E. Carrasco
Improving Nursing Staff Knowledge for Management of Geriatric Patients with Confusion in the Emergency Department, Kareem G. Carter
Improving Elementary Nutrition Education Curriculum in San Francisco - A Program Analysis of the Food Education Project, Audrey N. Chang
Improving Moisture Associated Skin Damage in a Veteran Unit, Beverly Chen
Assessing the Impacts of Cannabis Cultivation on Water Use in the North Coast Region of California Five Years Post Legalization, Wilhelmina Chon
United States Pharmacopeia General Chapter <800>: Improving Safe Handling and Administration of Hazardous Drugs, Courtney Clark
Music and Humor in the Language Classroom: Language Acquisition and Affective Filter, Florencia Daris López
Community Representation Among Nonprofit Leadership: Why Should the Board Reflect Those Whom It Serves?, William N. Derwin
The Heart and Soul of Engagement in the Float Pool Team, Kymberly Dexter
Implementation of AIDET and Commit to Sit in Pediatric Outpatient Setting, Shibani Dhir
The Effect of Standardized Patient Education on 30-Day Hospital Readmissions for Heart Failure Patients in the Outpatient Setting, Lurie Dimalanta
Improving Salmon Population Restoration Efforts in California's Central Valley Region, Long Kim Doan
The Cost of Urbanization: A Look into the Transformation of Mao Era Reforms, Tieren A. Dokes
Problems and Suggestions to Improve Pronunciation Skills of English Language Learners in China, Yi Fang
Decreasing Hospital Acquired Pneumonia in Adult Patients, Samantha M. Flaherty
Reducing the Digital Divide: Why Culturally Relevant eHealth Interventions Can Reduce Latino Health Disparities, Blanca Flor Garcia-Silva
Implementing a Courtesy Call System to Increase Patient Satisfaction, Tessa Garcia
Brain Waste Among Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States, Kimberly Alva-Chavers Gardner
Mentorship in A Nursing School Program, Samantha I. Gavirati Yamamoto
Analysis of Cancer Patients' Understanding of Clinical Trials to help Identifying Enrolment Barriers in Clinical Trials for Stanford Cancer Centers, Debjani Ghoshal
Nurse-Led Education on Oral Chemotherapy Medications, Carmen Lucia Glick Alonso
Introducing and Implementing a Palliative Care Assessment Tool to Improve the Care Experience, MARY B. GOMEZ
Modern Day Colonization: Gentrification as a Public Health Emergency and its Impact on Health, Safety, and Wellbeing, Theresa Hayes
Sepsis Inservice and Video at an Urban Hospital in California, Angela T. Ho
Behind Closed Doors: A Look into access to supportive resources and women experiencing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Ashley Lauren Holloway
Wildfire Smoke Exposure in California: Public Health Impacts and Mitigation Strategies, Jiaxi Hou
Improving Early Sepsis Management Compliance in the Emergency Care Setting, McKayla Howie
Our Streets: Increasing Equity in Active Transportation Planning through Community Outreach, Jordan Hoy
Commercial Surrogacy in China: Gender Inequality, Human Trafficking, and Women’s Rights, Jiayu Hu
Facing the Past and Climbing the Mountain, Ruijing Hu
Optimization of Postoperative Length of Stay, Sadia Imran
Maternal Mental Health: Strategies to Address Structural Barriers to Treatment Access in Sacramento County., Saffiatou Jallow
Monitoring the abundance of microplastics in mussels and marine ecosystems may indicate human health risks., Puja Kaur Janda
Pre-Labs for Outpatient Cancer Clinics, Courtney L. Johnson
Managing Congestive Heart Failure Through Standardized Symptom Assessment, Shanda M. Joy
Remediation Technologies for Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Contaminated Soils, Sowmya Sripathi Kalkur
Improving Safe Handling and Administration of USP<800> Hazardous Drugs within the Medical-Surgical Unit, Pavlo Karaputa
Reframing Culturally Competent Care to Improve Mental Health Outcomes Among African Americans, Jaelen Kennedy-Valdez
How Environmental Change Will Impact Mosquito-Borne Diseases, Arsal Khan
Improving Quality of Communication in Pediatric Perioperative Outpatient Setting Using AIDET and Commit to Sit, Hyo Ryung Kim
Implementation of Staff Education to Standardize Use of Positions During the First Stage of Labor, Kelsey Jo Koch
Reproductive Health: A Literature Review on Reducing Maternal Mortality Rates Among Afghan Women Using a Tiered Process of Interventions, Shirley C. Lam
USP<800> Hazardous Drug Safe-Handling in the Medical-Surgical Microsystem: A CNL Quality Improvement Project, Ananda T. Le
Decreasing Hospital Acquired Pneumonia in Adult Patients by Patient Care Technicians: Education with a Focus on Oral Care and Tooth Brushing, Amanda Nicole Lee
Potential of Bioremediation to Remove Metal Pollution from Maritime Activity in the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, Ilaria Paola Lentrichia
Counting Every Drop: Preventing Maternal Mortality with Quantifying Blood Loss through Triton Scale, Summer Le
Enculturation for International Students in Online Classroom, Xiaohan Liang
Strategies in TOEFL Reading Comprehension for Chinese Students, Xiwen Li
Navigating Acculturative Stress: A Guide for Supporting Newcomer Students in California ESL Classrooms, Daniela Lopera Ruiz
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Equity of California’s Cap-and-Trade Program, Raphael Yolson Louis
Preventing Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections, Cassandra Luttrell
Teaching Chinese International Students Two-Word Verbs Through Three C’s Approach, Xiaoli Lu
ED to Telemetry Bed: Optimizing Nurse Communication & Decreasing Team Frustration, Harmandeep (Harm) S. Madra
Save The Date: An Analysis of Interventions on Teen Dating Violence, Elizabeth Maestretti
Safer Staffing: Increasing Utilization of Campus Support Nurses (CSNs) in the Cardiac Telemetry Unit, Chi Mai
Solving for Affordability in the San Francisco Housing Crisis: Is California’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) the Answer?, Matthew J. Mandich
Transformative Community Resiliency: The Impact of Organizing Against Oil in Richmond and Wilmington, California, Isabelle Sophia Marin
Digital Health Companies - Efforts to Innovate for Health Equity, Patricia Martell
Outpatient Annual Wellness Visits for Patients Using eConsult, Sofia Melendrez
Improving Donor Bank Milk Administration Workflow in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Davelyn M. Moffit
A multi-criteria approach to building resilient neighborhoods through green space investments in Sacramento, Luis E. Montes
Decolonizing the Brazilian EFL Classroom: Creating Space for Afro-Brazilian Students of English, Robyn Diane Mosely
Addressing the Phenomena of Nursing Burnout: Seeking the Need for Mental Health Interventions to Support the Nursing Workforce, Cialina L. Moy
What’s Lunch Got to do With It?: A Case Study of California Policy, Educational Equity, and the First Statewide Universal School Meals Program, Rebecca Murillo
Social Determinants of Health: Interventions that Improve Medication Adherence Among People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Sacramento County, Jehoshaphat Muzungu
Save Lives and Sanitize: Prevention of Surgical Site Infections Post-Cesarean Section Through Increased Hand Hygiene Compliance, Lindsay N. Nance
Utilizing Training and Educational Materials to Increase Hand Hygiene Compliance of Healthcare Providers Participating in Cesarean Sections, Christopher Natividad
Child Health in Darfur, Sudan: Addressing the Effects of Armed Conflict on Children's Health in Darfur, Judith Natukunda
A "Collaborative" Approach to Improving Nurse Turnover, Tiffany M. Nawabi
Assessing the Efficacy of California’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan, Chloe Nelson
No One Should Have to Give Birth Alone: An Analysis of the Efficacy of Community-based Doula Programs Serving Ethnic Minorities in San Francisco, Maria Margaret Nelson
Vulnerability Assessment of the Gulf of Maine Eastern Oyster Aquaculture Industry to the Projected Impacts of Ocean and Coastal Acidification, Julia L. Neumann
Microsystem Readiness for Enhanced Recovery Medical Pathway, Lisa Nguyen
Implementing AIDET and Commit to Sit to Increase Patient Satisfaction in the Pediatric Outpatient Setting, Tiffany Nguyen
Energy efficiency retrofit and decarbonization of old and historic buildings in California, Daria Nikolaeva
Analyzing the effects of climate impacts in El Salvador and how they influence pollution, ecosystems and communities, Veronica Norio-Tomasino
