Background
The recent medical paradigm shift initiated by the Precision Medicine Initiative, along with significant advances in computational science, artificial intelligence, and mobile or wearable technology, presents nursing science with an important opportunity to advance self-management science through the development of strategies tailored for the individual level using precision health, addressing not only individuals’ genetic but also their psychosocial phenotypic characteristics.
Program Objective
To advance self-management science with a focus on precision health, we need a cadre of nurse scientists who can effectively collaborate with related disciplines to develop novel research to determine the phenotypic characteristics of people with chronic conditions while also delivering personalized self-management interventions.
Program Goal
This UT Austin School of Nursing PhD training program (NIH T32) will provide future nurse scientists (pre-doctoral trainees) with critical skills and knowledge to develop and implement innovative, effective, and personalized interventions for populations suffering from multiple chronic conditions (MCC)s. This training program will provide trainees with cutting edge knowledge and methodologies and will utilize resources throughout UT Austin and the local community to ensure training across disciplines. Ultimately, this program aims to create a national model for training nurse scientists with precision health expertise.
Program Approach
The curriculum and mentoring plan for each fellow will be established with input from our transdisciplinary mentoring team. Precision Health Intervention Methodology in Self-management Science will Include:
- Conceptual models and methods from diverse fields of study
- Integrating genetic (omic) knowledge
- Computational and engineering science
- Communications and data analytics