Master's Projects/Capstones from 2023
An Integrated Resource Plan for Tucson Electric Power Company, 2020-2050, Timothy Gary Sheehan Jr and Danny Alexander Zepeda
Improving Triage Accuracy in the Emergency Department, Joselyn Silverman
Non-Clinical Perspectives on Sepsis: A Project for Enhanced Awareness, Anjali Kumari Singh
Health Risks of Herbal Medicine in the US: Recommendations to Improve Awareness and Advance Safety, Darya Sinkevich
The Effect of a Patient-Centered Fall Prevention Tool on Reducing Falls, Maria Gracia Skallet
IRS-sanctioned Secrecy for Religious Nonprofits: Stepstone or Stumbling Block?, Mark W. Smith
Community Microgrids as an Equitable Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy in California, Savanna Olivia Smith
Desal in So. Cal - Are We There Yet?, Luke F. Swanson
Emergency Department to Medical Telemetry Bed Flow Optimization, Anne Rochelle P. Taco
Improving the Land Trust Model’s Impact on Environmental Conservation in Northern California, Peter Talbot
Increasing Repeat Lactate Collection for Sepsis Bundle Management of Care, Rahwa Teklehaimanot
Examining the interventions that address reproductive health challenges among homeless women San Francisco Bay Area, Sapana Thalal Ms.
Addressing Funding Disparities in Women of Color-led Organizations, Christy J. Thomas
Dodge the Fall: A Newborn Fall Prevention Initiative, Lenora Thompson
Educating Medical-Surgical Nurses in a Large Hospital Organization on Sepsis Bundle Elements, Amanda H. Tran
Early Sepsis Recognition: Improving Sepsis Education in a Medical-Surgical/Telemetry Unit, Kathileen Tran
Improving Timely Sepsis Care Through Staff Education Within the Emergency Department, Gregory James Trevino
Optimizing Sepsis Management Through Enhanced Protocol Compliance in the Emergency Department, Efrain Perez Trujillo
Inclusive Education is Power: Revising Sexual Health Education for People with Disabilities, Carly M. Tsuruda
“Am I light enough?”: Mercury Poisoning Due to Skin-Lightening Products, a Policy, and a Culturally Competent Solution, Raven Joyce Redaniel Uayan
Facilitators and Barriers to Effective Scale-up of Evidence-Based Nonprofit-Level HIV Prevention and Treatment Interventions Among Black Men who have Sex with Men (MSM), Ugochukwu C. Uzoeghelu
Dodge the Fall: A Newborn Fall Prevention Initiative, Shirley B. Varela
The Impact of Access and Quality of Antenatal Care on Maternal Mortality Rates among Women in Pakistan, Fauzia Waqar
Burnout: An examination of how human services’ cultures impact person-centered care and job satisfaction, Ebony Webb
Sustainability Analysis: Large-scale Desalination Implications for Coastal California, Elizabeth H. Whitford
Improving Education on Preeclampsia with Non-Severe Features and Frequency of Assessment Among Nurses in the Maternal-Child Postpartum Unit, Alyssa J. Willsher
Campaigning Beyond: Sepsis Awareness Among Non-clinical Staff, Cynthia Wong
Mentoring Nurses After Specialty Training or Orientation in Labor and Delivery, Benjamin Jlopleh Worji
Decreased Recovery Time with Postoperative Pain Assessment in a PACU, Eun Hey Gracie Yoon
Toxic Fashion: Evaluation of Chemicals in Clothing and Recommendations for the Amended TSCA, Gregory Zajac
It Takes More Than Good Intentions: Human Resources Management Efforts to Address Turnover in Nonprofit Organizations, Isabel Margarita Zaldivar Kunstmann
A MAN AHEAD OF HIS TIME: LEE KUAN YEW’S IRON FIRST BENEATH THE VELVET GLOVE, Yi Chen Zhai
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
Runaman tukuy: Language revitalization strategies for Runasimi heritage learners, Allison B. Bejar
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
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
