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Mariann Di Minno, RN, MA, CNS

  • University of California, San Francisco
  • Department of Neurology
  • 505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0114
  • San Francisco, CA 94143-0114
  • Tel: (415) 514-2609
  • Fax: (415) 476-3289

Director of Outreach; Consultant, patient care services

Education & Training

  • Graduated from Hunter College, New York City, 1966
  • Master's Program: New York University, 1972
  • Program Associate, Tavistock Institute, London, 1979-1980
  • Doctoral Training: University of Chicago (Social Psychology), 1980-1983
  • Instructor, Department of Nursing, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 1972-1974
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Radford College, Radford, Virginia, 1974-1975
  • Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1975-1981
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, UCSF, 1986- present

Special Interests

  • Explanatory models of illness
  • Impact of cultural beliefs on understanding illness and its management
  • Community outreach and education, with a special focus on ethnic diversity
  • Treatment and management of Parkinson's disease
  • Non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
  • Multi-disciplinary models of care
  • Caregiver issues
  • Gene therapy research; clinical trials

Curriculum Vitae