Since 2005, the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation has placed strong emphasis on strengthening its research mission with a focus on improving research infrastructure and providing outstanding research support and mentorship for its faculty. As part of its bold strategic plan, the College launched new centers of research excellence. Since 2005, the college has hired 16 research faculty who, with existing researchers, are tackling some of the most pressing health problems today.
research centers
Office for Research and Scholarship (ORS) provides a wide range of services to faculty and students who are conducting research or preparing grant proposals. The ORS promotes the success of faculty researchers and scholars who are committeed to the process of discovery.
- Center for Healthy Outcomes in Aging - The primary purpose of the center is to develop and test interventions that promote the highest level of health and quality of life for individuals who are aging within a culturally diverse society.
- Center for Improving Health Outcomes in Children, Teens & Families
The Center for Improving Health Outcomes in Children, Teens and Families focuses on multidisciplinary research to develop and test interventions that will lead to optimal health outcomes for high-risk children, teens, and families in a culturally diverse world. - Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
The mission of ASU's College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence is to significantly increase the number of high quality doctoral and post-doctoral level faculty in geriatric nursing needed to teach in graduate and undergraduate academic nursing programs throughout Arizona and surrounding Southwestern states.
Center for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice
The Center for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Pratice (CAEP) is an innovative enterprise that fosters EBP for the purpose of improving healthcare through a culture of best practice.
Center for Healthcare Innovation & Clinical Trials
The Center for Healthcare Innovation & Clinical Trials (CHI&CT) is the most recent center to be formed within the college. The Center serves as a linchpin among biotechnical organizations, healthcare institutions and clinical researchers. Its purpose is to attract scientists and healthcare practitioners (e.g., physicians, nurses) who have innovative ideas for products to improve healthcare, but who need assistance in actualizing their ideas (i.e., idea → design of the product → testing the product through a clinical trial → market). Unique to this center is the clinical trials component, which will allow gathering of solid evidence to support product use for sustained solutions in healthcare institutions.
