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Director, Nancy Donaldson, RN, DNSc, FAAN
Associate Director, Mary Foley, RN, MS, PhD(c)
Senior Nurse Scientist, Susan Shapiro, RN, PhD
Senior Administrative Analyst, Donna Frantz, BA
Financial Analyst, Richard Ching, BA, CPA

The Center reflects the strategic vision of the UCSF Director of Patient Care Services, the Vice Presidents for Patient Care at Stanford and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, and the Dean of the UCSF School of Nursing, whose partnership makes the Center possible. The administration of the Center benefits from the formal and informal advice and direction from faculty in the School of Nursing, clinical and administrative leaders in Patient Care Services, and others who lend their insight and expertise to the work of the Center.
Director - Nancy Donaldson
Nancy Donaldson, RN, DNSc, FAAN [pictured] has served as Director of the Center since 1999. Donaldson is also Clinical Professor in the Department of Physiological Nursing at the UCSF School of Nursing. Since its inception, she has served as Co- Principal Investigator of the California Nursing Outcomes Coalition (CalNOC, now known as the Collaborative Alliance for Nursing Outcomes - CALNOC), the largest ongoing statewide prospective nursing quality measurement research and development project in the nation and a major contributor of data to the American Nurses Association's National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI). Donaldson is the founding Co-Editor for the Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, in collaboration with CINAHL Information Systems. Prior to joining the Center, Donaldson was Executive Director, Clinical Effectiveness for UniHealth America, and before that held the position of Director of Nursing Research at UC Irvine Medical Center.	Nancy Donaldson, RN, DNSc, FAAN
She is a co-author of the book, Case Management: A Guide to Strategic Evaluation (1998, Mosby Year Book, Inc.) and numerous journal articles. Donaldson received her BSN and MSN from California State University in Los Angeles and her DNSc at the UCSF School of Nursing. Please see the Director's CV for more detailed information.
Associate Director - Mary Foley
Mary E. Foley, MS, RN, Immediate Past President, ANA, is the Associate Director in the Center for Research and Nursing Innovation at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she is also a PhD candidate in nursing policy. In 2003 she was a Regents Lecturer at UCSF and Visiting Assistant Professor in the Masters entry program. Mary is immediate past president of the American Nurses Association. She was previously employed for 19 years at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco, a member of Catholic Healthcare West. She was a medical-surgical staff nurse at Saint Francis for 17 years. In 1997, she became the Director of Nursing and Safety Officer. She was a part-time clinical faculty member at San Francisco State University School of Nursing and was the faculty adviser for the student nurses association at the school.	Mary Foley, RN, MS, PhD(c)
A registered nurse for over 30 years, Foley has been active in the health care policy arena. She continues to write and lecture about health care policy, improving the workplace, promoting safe care, and worker health and safety. Foley was named for the second year as one of the top 100 "most powerful" in US healthcare system by Modern Healthcare, and remains one of the few nurses on the list. She was appointed to the California Tuberculosis Elimination Task Force in the Department of Health Services from 1993 to 1994, the Mayor's HIV Task Force for the City of San Francisco in 1989, and California's RN Special Advisory Committee on the Nursing Shortage for the Department of Consumer Affairs in 1989. She is a member of the Glide Clinic Oversight Board. She also serves as a project consultant for the Training for the Development of Innovative Control Technology (TDICT) Project, which brings together health care workers, product designers, and industrial hygienists to better design and evaluate medical devices and equipment. The TDICT Project is also a partner with the ANA. Foley has held numerous elected and appointed positions with the ANA at both the state and national levels. She currently serves on the ANA Political Action Committee as Vice Chair, and has been elected ANA/C Vice President. She served as ANA's second vice president from 1994 to 1996 and as first vice president from 1996 to 2000. She was chairperson of the Constituent Assembly from 1992-1994. She was an official representative from the United States at the 1997, 1999 and 2001 meetings of the International Council of Nurses (ICN). She continues as a member of the National Patient Safety Foundation Board of Directors and as an advisory member of the Partnership for Patient Safety (p4ps). At the state level, Foley served as president and treasurer of the California Nurses Association when it was an ANA-affiliated organization. Her professional organizational involvement began with the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA), where she served as president in 1974-75. She is the first NSNA past-president to be elected ANA President. Foley received her nursing diploma in 1973 from New England Deaconness Hospital School of Nursing, her BSN in 1976 from Boston University School of Nursing in Massachusetts, and her Master's of Science in Nursing Administration and Occupational Health from the University of California, San Francisco, in 1994. Please see Mary's CV for more detailed information.
Senior Nurse Scientist - Susan Shapiro
Susan Shapiro, RN, PhD, joined our team in July, 2008. Her portfolio of activities is varied, reflecting her unique strengths as an educator, researcher, and clinician. She continues as co-faculty for the Evidence-based Practice (EBP) Fellowship, and as site coordinator for the UCSF Medical Center Fellows and Coaches enrolled in that program. In her role as Senior Scientist, Susan is leading the second phase of the Best Practices initiative to identify the structures and processes that may differentiate better-performing CALNOC hospitals in Falls Prevention and HAPU prevention, and she works with the CALNOC research team on the design, conduct, and analysis of several other major projects. Susan maintains a 20% time commitment to UCSF Medical Center Department of Nursing to support their research and EBP capacity development, and is serving as a consultant to the John Muir Health System in Nursing projects that include informatics and consultation with their Research and Education Councils. She is also consulting with other East Bay hospitals as they undertake their Magnet journey. Susan can be found most Sunday afternoons swing dancing outdoors behind the De Young Art Museum in San Francisco's lovely Golden Gate Park! Check it out next time you're in San Francisco http://www.lindyinthepark.com! See Susan's CV for more details.	Susan Shapiro, RN, PhD
Senior Administrative Analyst - Donna Frantz
Donna Frantz, BA (San Jose State University) Center Analyst has been with the Center since 2002. Previously, she worked as an administrative assistant at Stanford Hospital and Clinics in the Center for Education's Life Support Training Center, and assisted to organize the yearly Employee Annual Review training. She manages the highly praised annual Research Days Conference which has grown to 2 full days of programming, and due to Donna's efforts, now includes several vendor co-sponsors. Research Role Development Workshop day has grown from 65 attendees in 2004 to 125 attendees in 2007, Research in Action Day has grown from 115 attendees in 2004 to 177 attendees in 2007. We are now using an online registration system, which Donna manages. This year, Donna designed, implemented and managed a complex online abstract evaluation tool for the Research Day reviewers to use. She has initiated successful vendor sponsorship and works closely with hospital site coordinators across the Bay Area to plan, implement and evaluate this large regional conference. Donna has also been invaluable in expanding the EBP Fellows program, engaging 6 hospitals -- and soon to be adding a 7th. Donna has developed a "Designing Posters Using PowerPoint" workshop. Her training materials are shared on this website.
Financial Analyst - Richard Ching
Lead Financial Analyst for the Center of Nursing Research & Innovation, including acting as the point of contact for fiscal related issues and problems. Extensive financial management expertise in both University and private sector organizations. Education and Certification Exams: BA-Biological Sciences, University of California, Berkeley Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California 20+ graduate level units in Accounting & Business Successful completion of CPA exam (passed all four parts) Career History (Present) Financial Analyst, UCSF School of Nursing (Past Roles) Staff Accountant -- Coopers & Lybrand Accountant -- Extramural Funds-UCSF Administrative Assistant (Supervisory)-Accounts Payable-UCSF

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