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
- Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin Delivers Keynote Address at the National Academy of Inventors 15th Annual Conference October 26, 2026
- IDEA Grants Allow Sisters to Share Passion October 26, 2026
- On the Ice with Ainsley Svetek October 22, 2026
- UConn’s Queer Science Conference Challenges Stereotypes, Inspires Students October 22, 2026
School of Nursing
- Competition Celebrates Graduate Research at UConn October 23, 2026
- Common Herbal Sleep Aid Shows Signs of Addictive Potential October 8, 2026
- From 4-H Member to Healthcare Leader: A Conversation with Davina Ferrero King October 5, 2026
- A New Global Partnership Brings DNP Students from Chile to UConn September 25, 2026
UConn Today
- UConn Law Graduates Rise to the Challenge of New Bar Exam October 26, 2026
- Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin Delivers Keynote Address at the National Academy of Inventors 15th Annual Conference October 26, 2026
- School of Social Work Offers 20 Presentations at Council on Social Work Education Conference October 26, 2026
- IDEA Grants Allow Sisters to Share Passion October 26, 2026