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
![Research Two females nursing students conducting an experiment in lab](https://nursing-engineering-innovation-center.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3572/2022/09/lab-students-females.jpg)
Robust, innovative and addressing real-world challenges
Education
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Students dedicated to learning more about the world around them
Community
![Community Three students demonstrating their senior design project](https://nursing-engineering-innovation-center.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3572/2022/09/senior-design-carts.jpg)
Existing as a supportive environment and home for students
Tech Transfer
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Facilitating, and expediting the transformation of UConn
College of Engineering
- As Seen on TV: Alum’s Business is Thriving July 24, 2024
- Technology Entrepreneurship: Waste Not, Want Not July 17, 2024
- Five UConn Student Teams Innovating Decarbonization through a Competition Supported by Eversource Energy July 3, 2024
- Bracing for Impact: UConn, Partners to Improve Grid Resistance July 2, 2024
School of Nursing
- UConn School of Nursing Faculty to be Inducted to the American Academy of Nursing July 26, 2024
- UConn School of Nursing Receives Award to Help Increase Nurses in the Workforce June 21, 2024
- The UConn School of Nursing Recognizes 173 Students on the Spring 2024 Dean’s List May 28, 2024
- UConn School of Nursing’s Dr. Tiffany Kelley awarded the 2024 Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award May 15, 2024
UConn Today
- UConn School of Nursing Faculty to be Inducted to the American Academy of Nursing July 26, 2024
- Professor Matt Guthrie on Planetarium and Observatory on Wayne Norman Radio Show July 26, 2024
- The Looming Public Health Challenge of Long Covid July 26, 2024
- A Connecticut Woman Avoided High-Risk Surgery. This is How Doctors at UConn Did It. July 26, 2024