SMU News
Keep up-to-date on all the recent news, achievements and breakthroughs happening at SMU.
Paulina Van Named Prestigious American Academy of Nursing Fellow
Professor Paulina Van was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing’s newest class of fellows, recognizing her substantial, sustained, and global impact on nursing.“As a member of the Academy, I…
- College of Nursing
- Community Engagement
- Faculty
Lifting Up the Next Generation
Providence College of Nursing closed its doors in 1972, but its legacy lives on through nursing scholarships awarded by its alumnae Alumnae of Providence College of Nursing (PCN) found a home at…
- College of Nursing
- Alumni
- Community Engagement
Celeste Villanueva Retires Leaving Legacy of Simulation Learning and Mentorship
Long-time faculty member Celeste Villanueva retired last month with a 27-year track record of teaching and administrative successes that brought simulation and technology to the forefront at SMU. But…
- College of Nursing
- Health Science Simulation Center
Jennifer Welter, DPT '09, Writes a Book About Pain
Samuel Merritt University graduate Jennifer Welter, who works in pediatric rehabilitation, has made a significant contribution to children's health education. She recently co-authored a children's…
- Doctor of Physical Therapy
SMU College of Podiatric Medicine Receives $1 Million Donation
The late Dr. William Lowe, DPM ’57, and his wife Phyllis have donated $1 million to Samuel Merritt University’s College of Podiatric Medicine. “This gift was a thank you,” said the Lowes’ son,…
- Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
Humanizing Pharmacology's History
Smithsonian magazine recognizes the work of SMU professor "If we don't know where we've been, we aren't going to know where we are going," muses Richard Rocco, PhD, a pharmacology professor at…
- Master of Physician Assistant
- Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
Bridging a Medication Gap
SMU nursing students ensure people who are marginally housed have the medications they need During a routine on-site blood pressure check with a Samuel Merritt University student nurse last…
- College of Nursing
- Community Engagement
- ELMSN Case Management
Safety in Circus Arts
Stephanie Greenspan and Danny Nguyen, DPT ’23, practice a straddle inversion, a foundational movement featured in a recent study Greenspan conducted. Injury prevention is a common goal in…
- Doctor of Physical Therapy
- College of Health Sciences
- Student
- Motion Analysis Research Center
Samuel Merritt University and Sutter Health Launch Nation’s First Health Equity Nursing Fellowship
Samuel Merritt University (SMU), a national leader in health science education, has partnered with Sutter Health, an integrated, not-for-profit healthcare system based in Northern California, to…
- Doctor of Nursing Practice Family Nurse Practitioner
- MSN Family Nurse Practitioner
- Community Partners
Range of Motion
PT doctoral candidate Robert Yu brings dancing and physical therapy into alignment “I think anyone can dance,” says Robert Yu, DPT ’24. The physical therapy student has been teaching open style…
- Student
- Doctor of Physical Therapy
- Bay Area Location
- College of Health Sciences
