Máiréad Shaw, MS, RN, OCN
Oncology Nurse | UCSF Health
Máiréad Shaw is an Oncology Nurse at UCSF Health with more than two decades of clinical, leadership, and management experience in oncology nursing. She earned a Master of Science in Advanced Public Health Nursing from the University of California, San Francisco, with concentrations in Global Health and HIV, as well as a Diploma in Tropical Nursing from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Throughout her career, Máiréad has collaborated with nurses, healthcare teams, and local partners in the United States, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, and Belize to strengthen sustainable, community-based health systems, develop context-specific approaches to clinical care, and support nursing leadership development.
As a recipient of the 2024 UCSF Global Health Nursing Travel Award, Máiréad traveled to Kenya to participate in the AMPATH Global Health Nursing Conference, which marked the culmination of the year-long AMPATH Nurse Leader Mentorship Program—a collaboration between the UCSF Center for Global Nursing, AMPATH, and the Moi University School of Nursing. Through the program, Máiréad partnered with a Clinical Nurse Specialist working in oncology in Kenya. Together, they developed a literature review examining challenges in managing radiation dermatitis among head and neck cancer patients in sub-Saharan Africa. Their work, Challenges in Managing Radiation Dermatitis Among Head and Neck Cancer Patients in Sub-Saharan Africa, was selected for poster presentation at the AMPATH Global Health Nursing Conference, and her partner has since continued presenting their findings at nursing conferences across East Africa.
We are honored to recognize Máiréad Shaw for her dedication to advancing oncology nursing, supporting nursing leadership development, and fostering equitable global partnerships that strengthen nursing practice, scholarship, and patient care across health systems.