Nancy Oliva, PhD, MHA, MPP

Asst Adjunct Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences

Nancy Oliva PhD, MS, MHA, MPA, RN holds a faculty appointment in the University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health and Aging. She completed two Masters’ Degrees with honors in Health Administration and Public Administration-Finance at the University of Missouri and her PhD in Health Policy/Gerontological Nursing at UCSF. She completed an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) pre and post-doctoral fellowship in the Phillip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies in the UCSF School of Medicine and a Fellowship in Advanced Geriatrics at the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) in the Veterans Administration (VA) Palo Alto Healthcare System.

Dr. Oliva is a health services researcher in chronic disease management and self-care, and older adult systems of care. Dr. Oliva is an author/co-author of scholarly articles on health system quality improvement; language access in healthcare; interdisciplinary team care in chronic disease; care coordination in geriatrics; and community-based services for older adults, including disaster preparedness for community-dwelling older adults with dementia. She serves on the editorial board of the Home Health Services Quarterly-The Journal of Community Care, and as a peer reviewer for the Journal of Rural Health and Clinical Nurse Specialist.