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Feb. 25, 2026
Funding the Future of Maternal Health
Face to Face with Chancellor May

School of Nursing Professor Leigh Ann Simmons joins UC Davis Chancellor Gary May to discuss how federal funding supports much of the research aimed at improving maternal health outcomes.

Nov. 18, 2025
Leigh Ann Simmons Interview
The Wake Up Call

Professor Leigh Ann Simmons discusses why health care is so much harder to get and worse quality for women than it is for men and how women can help themselves.

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UC Davis D.N.P.-F.N.P. program: "This is where I belong!"

Maria del Mar Herndon, a first-year student in the Doctor of Nursing Practice — Family Nurse Practitioner program, shares the benefits of the hybrid program at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis.

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Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis Magazine

Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis Magazine
The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis Magazine is an annual publication that showcases how the school’s leaders, faculty, students, alumni and donors realize the vision of the school to advance health and ignite leadership through innovative education, transformative research and bold system change.

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March 1 — Nurse practitioner faculty and students serve at Asian health clinic
Several faculty and students from the Doctor of Nursing Practice — Family Nurse Practitioner Program at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis volunteered at the Paul Hom Asian Clinic Health Fair 2026. Faculty Zyrene Marsh, Angie de Leon-Renteria and Michaela Gist, along with 13 students in various years of the program, provided help in the primary care, women’s health, ophthalmology and patient education stations. The free event is a collaborative effort led by undergraduate students, professional students, volunteers, doctors and community members, all united in their mission to serve Sacramento’s underserved populations. Founded in 1971, the student-run clinic provides free, high-quality primary and specialty health care to underserved individuals — regardless of insurance status or background.

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