Alumni and events
As alumni of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis, you are the school’s most important asset and its greatest strength. As leaders in health care organizations, faculty at higher education institutions, members of primary-care teams and influencers within policy-making bodies, you illustrate how graduates fulfill the vision and mission of the school.
Through word-of-mouth support to promote the school and financial support to enable future students to benefit from the philanthropy that yielded your education, your involvement is critical to the future success of the school. Through your partnership, faculty, staff and students at the School of Nursing discover ways to advance health, improve quality of care and shape policy.
Alumni distinctions
Leaning into research to give women a voice
Marla Shauer completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree so she could make the change she wanted to see happen. She chose the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis for its flexibility, financial support and faculty mix.
Read and watch Marla's Story
A lifelong dream becomes an amazing reality
Bill Randall, a 2020 graduate of the Doctor of Philosophy Degree Program, said earning the terminal degree allowed him to achieve his dreams in the nursing profession — and even go beyond those dreams. Read and watch Bill's Story
Latest school news
April 7 — Professor publishes study on postpartum intervention
Leigh Ann Simmons, a professor at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis, published “A randomized digital behavioral intervention for prenatal and postpartum weight outcomes in women with overweight or obesity: The GROWell trial” in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. This is the primary paper from the NIH-funded randomized trial of Goals for Reaching Optimal Wellness (GROWell), a digital intervention to improve parental and postpartum diet quality in women entering pregnancy with overweight or obesity. Leigh Ann and her team found no differences in gestational weight gain or postpartum weight retention between the educational attention control and the intervention. Both groups had lower rates of weight gain and weight retention compared to averages in the U.S. and several Western European countries, suggesting the need to further investigate text-based educational support on weight and other perinatal health outcomes. School of Nursing co-authors include HEAL Lab project scientist, Jennifer Phipps, ReACH fellow Paige Gilliland and Assistant Professor Victoria Keeton.
