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
- UConn Unifies Shipbuilding Efforts Under One Banner June 10, 2026
- Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin Presents Groundbreaking Study at the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons Annual Meeting June 3, 2026
- NSF CAREER Award Backs UConn Research in Micro- and Nanoscale Manufacturing June 3, 2026
- UConn Engineering Honors Rising Stars Shaping the Future May 27, 2026
School of Nursing
- Implementing Food as Medicine: From Food Access to the Fork June 4, 2026
- UConn Nursing Students Earn Spring 2026 Dean’s List Honors May 28, 2026
- Pitching the Future of Health Care May 22, 2026
- UConn Students Earn Gilman Scholarships May 20, 2026
UConn Today
- Neurosurgeon Dr. Christopher Conner Honored as 2026 CHA Healthcare Hero June 12, 2026
- Professor Jessica de Perio Wittman Honored with American Association of Law Libraries Award June 11, 2026
- Plant and Soil Center Opens to the Public June 11, 2026
- UConn Institute Helps Launch Statewide Hate Crime Reporting Campaign June 11, 2026