Shannon Smith-Bernardin, PhD, MSN, RN
Associate Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences
School of Nursing
Awards
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- Health Care Leaders Fellowship, Cohort 18 (Two-years, 2018-2020), California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), 2018
- Public Health Hero, San Francisco Director of Public Health, 2017
- Conference Travel Award, Association of Multi-disciplinary Education and Research on Substance Use and Addiction (AMERSA), 2016
- University of California Campus Wide 3-Minute Grad Slam Finalist & Winner, University of California, San Francisco, 2016
- Annual Conference Winner for Best Poster, Western Institute of Nursing, 2016
- Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (mentor: Cheryl Cherpital DrPH RN), Alcohol Research Group, 2015
- Community Service Award, California Society of Addiction Medicine, 2015
- Annual AcademyHealth PHSR Student Scholarship, Travel Award, AcademyHealth, 2014
- Earle C. Anthony Social Sciences Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, 2014
- Nursing Alumni Association Scholarship, University of California, San Francisco, 2014
- EMS Community Services Award, SF EMS Agency, 2013
- 14th Annual Ann Klobas Award - Outstanding Policy Paper, University of California, San Francisco, 2013
- Matilda Edlund Merit Scholarship, University of California, San Francisco, 2012
Education & Training
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- BA Dartmouth College
- PhD Nursing, Health Policy University of California, San Francisco
- MSN, RN, CNL Nursing Western University of Health Sciences
Interests
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- managed alcohol programs
- alcohol
- homeless health care
- street medicine
- sobering centers
- consulting
- medical respite
- recuperative care
- public intoxication
- wet housing
- alcohol use disorders
- street nursing
- safe consumption sites
- street-based engagement teams
- harm reduction
- acute intoxication
- substance use disorders
Websites
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- Nurse Consulting (smithbernardin.com)
- National Sobering Collaborative (nationalsobering.org)
Grants and Projects
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- Evaluation of paramedic decision making in triage and transport of adults with acute uncomplicated alcohol intoxication to the emergency department versus sobering center, NIAAA
Publications (10)
Top publication keywords:
HousingAlcoholic IntoxicationEmergency Service, HospitalAlcohol-Related DisordersCommunity Health CentersHarm ReductionAlcoholismSubstance-Related DisordersSubstance Abuse Treatment CentersSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeAlcohol DeterrentsNaltrexoneQuarantineTransportation of PatientsEmergency Medical Services
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Findings from the Fifth Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance Summit.
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 2025 Richey D, Schmitz G, Jarou Z, Napoli A, Pilgrim R, Pines J, Augustine J, Gibbons M, Jouriles N, Fifth EDBA Summit Participants -
Scoping review of managed alcohol programs.
Harm reduction journal 2022 Smith-Bernardin SM, Suen LW, Barr-Walker J, Cuervo IA, Handley MA -
Changing the Care Environment for Acute Intoxication: Providing Intoxicated Adults With an Alternative to the Emergency Department and Jail.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2021 Smith-Bernardin S -
Successful implementation of managed alcohol programs in the San Francisco Bay Area during the COVID-19 crisis.
Substance abuse 2021 Ristau J, Mehtani N, Gomez S, Nance M, Keller D, Surlyn C, Eveland J, Smith-Bernardin S -
COVID-19: A catalyst for change in telehealth service delivery for opioid use disorder management.
Substance abuse 2021 Mehtani NJ, Ristau JT, Snyder H, Surlyn C, Eveland J, Smith-Bernardin S, Knight KR
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EMS Can Safely Transport Intoxicated Patients to a Sobering Center as an Alternate Destination.
Annals of emergency medicine 2019 Smith-Bernardin SM, Kennel M, Yeh C -
Low-threshold extended-release naltrexone for high utilizers of public services with severe alcohol use disorder: A pilot study.
Journal of substance abuse treatment 2017 Smith-Bernardin S, Rowe C, Behar E, Geier M, Washington S, Santos GM, Euren J, Martin J, Gleghorn A, Coffin PO -
Utilization of a Sobering Center for Acute Alcohol Intoxication.
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2017 Smith-Bernardin S, Carrico A, Max W, Chapman S -
Identification and Practice Patterns of Sobering Centers in the United States.
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2016 Warren O, Smith-Bernardin S, Jamieson K, Zaller N, Liferidge A -
Safe sobering: San Francisco's approach to chronic public inebriation.
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2012 Smith-Bernardin S, Schneidermann M