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
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School of Nursing
- Welcome Home, Huskies August 22, 2025
- UConn School of Nursing Leads the Way in Simulation Technology and Teaching Practices August 12, 2025
- UConn School of Nursing Students Spend a ‘Life-Changing’ Summer Abroad August 8, 2025
- UConn School of Nursing Faculty Leads the Way in Cannabinoid Research August 4, 2025
UConn Today
- CLAS Appoints Associate Deans Focused on Student and Faculty Success August 25, 2025
- Neag School Welcomes New Faculty, Celebrates Recent Leadership Appointments August 25, 2025
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- New BSW, MSW Students Welcomed during School of Social Work Convocation August 22, 2025