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
- Talent Incubator a Hit for Tech Park, Students, and Industry October 5, 2026
- UConn Scientists’ Startup Seeks to Advance Women’s Reproductive Healthcare October 5, 2026
- Cato T. Laurencin Distinguished Research Career Award Presented to James E.K. Hildreth Sr., MD, PhD October 1, 2026
- More Than 4,000 Students Strong, UConn Engineering Begins a New Year September 29, 2026
School of Nursing
- 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 Health Broadens Deployment of APPs September 24, 2026
- UConn Nursing Rises to No. 36 in U.S. News Undergraduate Rankings September 22, 2026
UConn Today
- UConn to Present Progress, Seek Feedback on its Work to Overhaul Budgeting Process October 7, 2026
- Second Pikal Symposium held in honor of the late Professor Michael J. Pikal October 6, 2026
- National Badminton Champ Thinh Nguyen Finds Joy in Fast, Strategic Play October 6, 2026
- Two UConn Alumni to Speak at 2026 Professionalism Ceremonies October 6, 2026