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Claiming to be innovative is easy, proving it is where our hard work pays off. The ASU College of Nursing and Health Innovation is a very special and different place, evidenced by its name. Like many colleges throughout the country, we have a goal to offer the highest quality of academic, research and clinical practice programs to produce graduates who will be the best clinicians and researchers who institute change in healthcare. However, we are distinctly different from other colleges in some very important ways.

At ASU Nursing and Health, we foster innovative thinking—being on the cutting edge and visioning solutions to the most complex problems before others see answers. Discovery and risk-taking are a way of life at our college. So many times, individuals do not achieve their goals because they are afraid to be risk-takers. However, the most successful people in life typically take the most risks. We not only encourage our students to take risks, we mentor them to do so.

Students here are taught how to innovate and think entrepreneurially as well as how to make a difference—for their careers and society. We cultivate innovation and entrepreneurship in our college. Our Center for Healthcare Innovation & Clinical Trials is becoming a state and national hub for the development, design and testing of new products and systems to improve patient outcomes. We have other examples of which we are equally proud.

Shining Examples of Our Innovative and Interprofessional Programs

  • Master of Healthcare Innovation - This program offers a futuristic, multidisciplinary, educational approach to develop healthcare leaders who base decisions upon the best evidence available. Students accepted into this program will learn new processes to develop innovative, immediate solutions to existing or potential healthcare problems in both traditional and non-traditional healthcare organizations.
  • PhD in Nursing & Healthcare Innovation - This program is designed for scholars who wish to pursue careers as leaders in health policy, nursing education and research. This innovative program has three practicums: teaching, leadership, and research, with the goal of optimizing quality of life and health resources.
  • MS in Regulatory Science and Health Safety - This program prepares students for careers in the field of regulatory affairs. We emphasize safety, risk management and leadership. ASU is proud to offer one of only two programs in the country designed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
  • MS, Clinical Research Management - A totally online program that educates students in commercial and financial practices of conducting clinical research, ethical and regulatory aspects of clinical research, and operational management of clinical drug, biological and medical device trials.This program is also offered as a graduate certificate.
  • Graduate Certificate Programs: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Intervention Specialist - this innovative 15-credit program is designed specifically for pediatric and family nurse practitioners, as well as physicians and other interdisciplinary healthcare providers who desire to enhance their knowledge and skills in the assessment and management of common mental and behavioral health problems in children and adolescents. International Health for Health Professionals - this innovative and timely 16-credit graduate certificate program is designed to provide healthcare personnel with a comprehensive educational experience in the provision and promotion of holistic, culturally responsive care within and outside the U.S.