Our Program
Advancing healthcare collaborations between the School of Nursing and College of Engineering to promote new healthcare
technology innovations.
The Heart of Healthcare
Nurses play a pivotal role in bringing forth innovative change in healthcare quality and equity by addressing unmet needs through the creation and development of new devices, methods, and services for a target population. Nurses are in an excellent position to invent and evaluate new technologies because they have deep contextual knowledge and experience for care needs and are already leveraging innovative behaviors around caregiving problems daily.


A Mindset to Innovate
Engineers have the technical training and appetite to make new technologies a reality but may lack domain-specific knowledge and experience. The positive impact on people and society is greatest when domain-specific needs and practical constraints guide the technology development.
Focus Areas
Research

Robust, innovative and addressing real-world challenges
Education

Students dedicated to learning more about the world around them
Community

Existing as a supportive environment and home for students
Tech Transfer

Facilitating, and expediting the transformation of UConn
College of Engineering
- UConn Dental School Researchers Win Award from U.S. Military For Traumatic Wound Healing Technology August 20, 2026
- NASA Scholarship Launches UConn Engineer’s Path to Sustainable Energy Innovation August 19, 2026
- UConn Startup Acquired by Leading Animal Health Company August 19, 2026
- Summer Research Experiences Give Students Career-Building Boost August 18, 2026
School of Nursing
- Future Nurses Gain Hands-On Experience at UConn August 2, 2026
- UConn Nursing Secures NIH Grant for Pediatric Allergy Research July 24, 2026
- Nursing Researchers Featured at International Sleep Conference July 9, 2026
- UConn Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy Recognizes Faculty Excellence June 18, 2026
UConn Today
- Helping Women Stay Active at Every Stage of Life August 20, 2026
- Training Connecticut’s Next Generation of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Disease Researchers August 20, 2026
- UConn Students Bring Landscape Design to Connecticut Correctional Facilities August 20, 2026
- UConn Dental School Researchers Win Award from U.S. Military For Traumatic Wound Healing Technology August 20, 2026