Michele Bunker-Alberts, DNP, APRN-FNP-BC

She/Her/Hers

Areas of Expertise

• Street Medicine
• Breastfeeding Medicine
• Cervical Cancer - early detection and treatment of pre-cancerous lesions
• International Health
• Safety Net
• NGO 

Biography

Michele Bunker-Alberts is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with a sub-specialty in women's health. She is an Associate Professor and currently serves as chair of the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Touro University of California, where she teaches in many of the core courses. She has chaired the University’s Interprofessional Education Committee and sits on the Rank & promotion Committee. She has developed a popular interprofessional elective focused on working with patients/people experiencing homelessness (PEH) and she advises and clinically precepts students in Touro’s School of Nursing and in the College of Medicine. She has written and presented topics on global health and street medicine, often with students, and has directed several community projects on topics ranging from cultural humility, the training and support for community health workers, the treatment of substance use disorders and international collaborations. She is a founding member of One Love Center for Health, a community-based health promotions group in partnership with 4th Second and Touro University working primarily with residents in curbside communities in Solano County. She has provided ambulatory primary care for PEH, women and children in the safety net for more than 20 years and international healthcare focused on the identification and treatment of pre-cancerous cervical lesions with clinicians in Latin America and Africa.

Clinical Specialty

• Women's Health
• Lactation

Education

• MSN (nursing)
• DNP (nursing)

Certifications

• Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Board-Certified

Honors and Awards

• Non-physician Caregiver of the Year

Research

• Health services and the Project RoomKey COVID-19 initiative for the unhoused: a university and community partnership
  DA Donesky, L Norton, E Fisher, M Bunker-Alberts
  Journal of Professional Nursing 37 (6), 1175-1179

2021

• Street medicine: An interprofessional elective to address the unhoused population crisis
  M Bunker-Alberts, E Scheftz, H Molga, A Gatto, E Fisher, FG Khalafalla
  Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning 16 (4), 270-280

2024

• Transforming Teaching and Learning: Insights from Touro University's OER Faculty Fellowship
  S Tabaei, K Snyder, VE Koenig, ML Zakarin, M Bunker-Alberts

2023

• Experience of Ampfire Self-Sampling Technology in Screening for Cervical Cancer in Guatemala
  F Palma, M Bunker-Alberts, M Miskell, AB Penados, R Godfrey
  HPVWorld 229

Recent Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=aWJtOeEAAAAJ

Memberships and Affiliations

• California Association of Nurse Practitioners (CANP)
• Society for the Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)
• California Healthcare Leadership Fellowship (CHCF)
• Disparities Leadership Program (DLP)

Teaching Responsibilities

• Clinical preparation
• Pediatrics and Reproductive Health
• Street Medicine