Centers
Center for Applied Data Science (CADS)
The Center for Applied Data Science (CADS) aims to be a pivotal resource for both students and faculty at the School of Nursing, guiding them towards achieving exceptional research outcomes. We provide essential data science support that is critical for conducting rigorous, impactful research, thereby significantly contributing to the expansion and enrichment of the School of Nursing’s research portfolio.
Center for Global Nursing and Health
Welcome to the Center for Global Nursing and Health (CGNH)! In the contemporary world, human health and wellbeing are no longer confined to local boundaries—they are profoundly affected by and intertwined with a multitude of global changes and issues. Global engagement in healthcare professions including nursing has become an absolute mandate. Lessons learned from global engagement and community activities can be mutually beneficial.
Center for Healthcare Innovation and Technology Advancements (CHITA)
The Center for Healthcare Innovation and Technology Advancements (CHITA) promotes innovative, interdisciplinary research to advance healthcare process and outcomes through person-centered technological design, development, implementation and use that address real-world challenges faced by patients, families, and clinicians.
Center for Health Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE)
The Center for Health Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) leads the UT Austin’s efforts to transform health professions education by promoting innovative learning experiences, disseminating best practices, convening key health and education stakeholders, and championing impact-driven scholarship.
Center for Professional Development and Scholarship (CPDS)
The Center for Professional Development and Scholarship (CPDS) in the School of Nursing serves as a hub to support faculty in pedagogical expertise and scholarly activities by assisting them in the planning, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of innovative teaching strategies through manuscript authorship, educational grants, and professional presentations.
Luci Baines Johnson and Ian J. Turpin Center for Gerontological Nursing
The Luci Baines Johnson and Ian J. Turpin Center (Johnson-Turpin Center) for Gerontological Nursing was established at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing in September 2022 to recognize and honor the generous gifts and advocacy from Ms. Luci Baines Johnson and Mr. Ian J. Turpin in support of gerontological studies and related areas at the School of Nursing.
St. David’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations
The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations was established in 1999. In August of 2011, the St. David’s Foundation made a gift to the School of Nursing to create a permanent endowment to support the Center. In recognition of this gift, the Center was renamed the St. David’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations. The mission of the center is to improve the health of underserved people through applied research.
Labs, Programs, and Initiatives
African American Mental Health and Wellness (AMEN) Program
The UT Austin School of Nursing and Division of Campus and Community Engagement (DCCE) are partnering with the City of Austin, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, and Rehoboth Baptist Church to develop the AMEN Program with a new initiative catering to the cultural needs including mental and physical health of their residents.
Brain Health Neuroscience Laboratory
The Brain Health Neuroscience Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin seeks to improve the lives of patients with chronic medical conditions by studying how diseases and their treatments affect brain health including cognition, sleep, mood and stress.
T32 Precision Health Training Program
The T32 Transdisciplinary Precision Health Intervention Methodology Training program aims to create a national model for training nurse scientists in precision health by providing predoctoral trainees with cutting-edge knowledge and methodologies in precision health, high-level training across disciplines, and access to resources to enhance nursing science.
Thurman Lab
The Thurman Lab at The University of Texas at Austin focuses on supporting community-led and community-based solutions that improve health and housing outcomes among adults with disabling health conditions and lived experience of homelessness.
Clinical Teaching Toolkit Resources and Exploring Clinical Teaching Pathways
We are delighted to share with you the resources that we developed and curated for the purpose of improving clinical teaching skills for nurses in both clinical and academic settings.
Digital Heart Health
At the Digital Heart Health, we explore a combination of digital tools to provide support for knowledge and behavior for heart failure self-care by older adults over 55 years living in the community.
Henneghan Lab: Cognitive Health Initiative for Cancer Survivors
At the Cognitive Health Initiative for Cancer Survivors, we seek to assess, identify, and improve cognitive outcomes for all cancer survivors. Cognitive changes can occur during and after receiving cancer treatment and can manifest as difficulties with paying attention, multi-tasking, prioritizing, word finding, memory, and processing speed.
Person-Centered Medication Study
At the Person-Centered Medication study, we are exploring whether a medication teaching program helps people understand their medications and to assist them with taking their medications as prescribed. The study is with generous funding from St. David’s CHPR.
Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program
This Dean’s Excellence Post-Doctoral Fellowship program pairs a postdoctoral fellow with an experienced faculty mentor who has active national research funding, shares a research interest and can supervise the fellow's research training.
Stress, Coping and Health in Motherhood Study
Researchers Lorraine Walker, EdD, RN, and Nicole Murry, PhD, RN, from The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing are conducting a study using an online survey to better understand stress, coping, and health among mothers of infants and young children between 2 and 22 months of age.