![Street Medicine program nursing students work in the field. The $50,000 grant will be used to improve access to healthcare for traditionally underserved populations, increase mobile medical clinics, improve health-related infrastructure in the Coachella Valley and strengthen engagement of nurses and nursing students with the homeless.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/PDC_Street%20Medicine%203.jpg.webp?itok=z3C-3AO1)
The Street Medicine program is a collaborative partnership between the CSUSB Department of Nursing at the Palm Desert Campus; the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine; Desert Regional Medical Center; Well in the Desert; and the Coachella Valley Volunteers in Medicine.
![Diane Vines](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_VinesPosterAward.jpg.webp?itok=4sXt79Hn)
Diane Vines’ poster, titled “Street Medicine in the Coachella Valley,” was awarded first place in the Education category for the APNA 34th Annual Conference.
![CSUSB’s Palm Desert Campus nursing program has received a grant from the Regional Access Project Foundation to help its Street Medicine program for the homeless and unsheltered.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_StreetMedicineGrant_RAPGrant_03Sept2020.jpg.webp?itok=AWCIpWjG)
The Regional Access Project Foundation grant will be used to purchase much-needed supplies for the street medicine team to use in the field while providing healthcare services to the homeless and unsheltered populations in the Coachella Valley.
![The CSUSB Palm Desert Campus Street Medicine program (left) and laptop computers to support remote learning will benefit from a Verizon Foundation grant.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/VerizonGrant.jpg.webp?itok=oMaDMqOr)
The Verizon Foundation grant will support the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus Street Medicine program and will be used to purchase and loan laptops to students during the pandemic.
![During National Nurses Week, CSUSB would like to thank our nursing faculty and students for their dedication and hard work.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Nursing_illustration_08May2020.jpg.webp?itok=yzjjrwMr)
In recognition of National Nurses Week, May 6-12, CSUSB thanks its nursing faculty and students for their dedication, especially in this time of the coronavirus pandemic.
![Faculty in the News, Oct. 22](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/FacultyintheNews_email_3.jpg.webp?itok=ncvsA0rM)
Diane Vines (nursing), discusses the Street Medicine Program, a cross section of faculty who will be on a panel to discuss slavery and reparations are listed, and Alemayehu G. Mariam (political science, emeritus) reviews a book.
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Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies), David Yaghoubian (history), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and Diane Vines (nursing, Palm Desert Campus) were included in recent news coverage.
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A nearly $63,000 grant to help street medicine efforts for the homeless in the Coachella Valley has been awarded to CSUSB’s Palm Desert Campus nursing program.