SBS Department Leadership

Janet Shim UCSF

Janet Shim, PhD

Department Chair Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Areas of Interest: Sociology of health and illness; social inequalities in health; science, technology, and medicine studies; race, gender, and class; qualitative research methods.

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Kristen Harknett, PhD

Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Director, Sociology Doctoral Program

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Areas of Interest: unstable work schedules and worker health and well-being, kin and social support, family demography, quantitative methods, and policy evaluation

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Ulrike Muench, RN, PhD

Associate Professor, Dept of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Faculty Coordinator,  Nursing Health Policy PhD Program. Co-Coordinator Health Policy & Public Health nursing specialty

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Interests: healthcare workforce, applied health care economics, roles of nurses and nurse practitioners, comparative health care systems, patient outcomes

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