Susan Chapman, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences
School of Nursing

susan.chapman@ucsf.edu 415-502-4419

Susan A. Chapman, PhD, RN, FAAN is Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF School of Nursing, Healthforce Center and the Institute for Health Policy Studies. She is Co-Director of the Masters and Doctoral programs in Health Policy at the School of Nursing. Her scholarly work focuses on health workforce research and health policy analysis.

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Susan’s workforce research focuses on transforming health workforce roles in new models of care and payment reform, the long term care workforce, and advanced practice nurses in behavioral health. Over the past 18 years she has been PI, Co-PI, or Co-Investigator for over 35 grants and contracts at the local, state, national, and global level. She served on a NAM committee to address health care workforce needs for an aging U.S. population. Susan received her B.S. from the University of Iowa, her M.S from Boston College, her M.P.H from Boston University, and her PhD in Health Services and Policy Analysis from UC Berkeley.

Awards

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  • Honorary Appointment: Professor, University of Technology Sydney, 2013
  • Selected as Fellow, American Academy of Nursing, 2012
  • Dissertation Grant, American Cancer Society California Division, 1997
  • The Wellness Scholarship Grant for Doctoral Study, University of California, Berkeley, 1996
  • Fellowship in Health Policy Management, Pew Memorial Trust, 1983
  • National Institute of Mental Health Training Grant, National Institute of Mental Health, 1976

Education & Training

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  • PhD Health Services and Policy Analysis University of California, Berkeley, CA 2000
  • MPH Public Health Boston University, Boston, MA 1980
  • MSN Mental Health Nursing Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 1977
  • BSN Nursing University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1972

Interests

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  • Peer Support Providers
  • Community Health Workers
  • Behavioral Health
  • Long term care workforce
  • New models of care
  • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners
  • Aging
  • Medical Assistants

Publications (89)

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Salaries and Fringe BenefitsJob SatisfactionBuprenorphineAdvanced Practice NursingPersonnel TurnoverPsychiatric NursingHome Health AidesNursing Staff, HospitalAllied Health PersonnelEmergency Medical TechniciansHealth Care ReformNurse PractitionersPersonnel Staffing and SchedulingOpioid-Related DisordersMental Health Services

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