Lynda Boyer-Chu

Lynda "fell" into nursing because of her love of travel and interest in global health. Through summer internships, first with Crossroads Africa and then in Harlan, Kentucky, she got a taste of serving communities with rich histories and cultures. She found her calling.

Early in her career, she worked for the International Rescue Committee in Thailand with Cambodian refugees. Later, at the San Francisco Unified School District she directed projects in adolescent immunizations, which led to publications and workshops across the U.S. For decades, she mentored nursing and medical students earning their clinical hours. She was honored with recognitions from city-wide organizations. More recently, as a Fulbright Specialist, she taught at a university in Vietnam where she’s forged deep friendships.

She hopes to ignite in USF students a passion for elevating health at the community level including serving those who are immigrants and marginalized due to language and cultural barriers. 

• Adolescent immunizations 
• Delivery of care in multilingual communities
• Global health

• Adolescent immunizations
• Global health

• Journal Reviewer, Journal of School Nursing
• Member and former Co-Chair, UCSF Center for Community Engagement

• Johns Hopkins University, MPH in International Health, 1980
• Columbia University, BSN in Nursing, 1977
• Brown University, 1972-74

• Associate Clinical Professor, UC San Francisco (current)
• Fulbright Specialist Professor, Tra Vinh University, Vietnam
• Wellness Center Nurse, San Francisco Unified School District
• Director-Refugee Nurse Training Project, Peralta Community College District/Laney College
• Public Health Nurse, International Rescue Committee, Khao I Dang, Thailand

• Fulbright Specialist Award
• Distinguished Service Award, San Francisco Unified School District
• Outstanding Community Partner, Pathways for Kids, Inc.
• Exemplary Community Health Partner Award, San Francisco Department of Public Health

• Fulbright as Opportunity for U.S. Nursing Educators and International Nursing Schools. T.H.T. Huynh, N.G.N. Nguyen, et al. Journal of Nursing Education. (2024)
• Challenged by immunization compliance? Five steps for urban high schools with multilingual students. NASN School Nurse. (2020)
• Disease Prevention (chapter editor). Selekman, J., Shannon, R.A., and Yokaitis, C.F. (Eds). NASN School Nursing, A Comprehensive Text, 3rd edition. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company. (2017)
• Authored sections: Coordinated school health model; Immunizations: site-based services. Wiley, D.C. & Corey, AC. (Eds). Encyclopedia of School Health. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publishing. (2013)
• Tips for Tdap triumph: implementing a statewide law in an urban school district. NASN School Nurse, 2013 May; 28(3),134-7. (2012)