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Linda Park, PhD, NP, FAAN

Associate Professor
School of Nursing
2 Koret Way, #93P
San Francisco, CA 94143
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Linda Park
Education and Training

University of Illinois at Chicago, M.S., Family Nurse Practitioner - College of Nursing

University of California, San Francisco, Ph.D. - School of Nursing

San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Post-Doctoral Fellowship - VA Quality Scholars Program

Awards and Honors

Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, Alpha Eta Chapter, 1995----

Graduate Dean's Health Science Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, 2009-2012

Martha N. Hill New Investigator Award, American Heart Association, 2013

Quality Scholars Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2013-2014

Beginning Investigator Finalist, American Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, 2014

Hellman Fellow, Hellman Foundation, 2015-2017

KL2 Scholar, National Institute of Health / University of California, San Francisco, 2015-2018

Fellow (FAHA), American Heart Association, 2016----

Nursing Research Initiative Award, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2016-2020

Marie A. Cowan Promising Young Investigator Award, American Heart Association, 2017

Researcher of the Month (October), University of California, San Francisco, 2019

Inducted as Fellow (FAAN), American Academy of Nursing, 2019----

Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging Program, UCSF, American Geriatrics Society, & Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs, 2019-2020

CADC Scholar, UCSF Center for Aging in Diverse Communities, co-sponsored by UCSF Pepper Center, 2020-2021
Overview
Dr. Park's program of research focuses on the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Her current research projects center around determining the most engaging, practical, and meaningful technology-based interventions to improve patient self-care, clinical outcomes, and quality of life for patients with ischemic heart disease and heart failure. Dr. Park applies mixed quantitative / qualitative research methods in her research among patients with cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Park is also active in her clinical role as a nurse practitioner and works at a medical center for Cardiovascular Services. She holds an appointment as a Research Health Science Specialist at San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center where she conducts work related to improving cardiovascular outcomes for Veterans.

She is deeply committed to mentorship and is the nursing director for the National Clinician Scholars Program at UCSF, one of six sites that include Yale, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, Duke, and UCLA. In this 2-year fellowship program, nurse and physician scholars are immersed in a rigorous program of research, policy, and leadership training to serve as change agents to improve health, health care, and health equity.