The Institute for Health Innovation focuses on three areas of need in Kentucky: Chronic Illness, Social Determinants of Health, and Future Health Leaders. Each focus area represents several programs tackling different aspects of the unmet health needs.
In collaboration with community and business partners, we leverage our expertise to support health innovation centers of excellence in the
Northern Kentucky region and provide funding opportunities for NKU staff research through programs like Faculty Fellows.
Since 2018, Chronic Illness has been a main focus of the IHI's initiatives. As Kentucky continues to rank toward the bottom of health outcomes in the United States, this focus is critical to addressing population health issues
facing our communities.
The Collaborative for Program Evaluation and Implementation Science harnesses the power of data to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities using improvement science. Our work meets the unique needs of our partners, who want to advance their programs or policies to transform individual lives, systems, and communities. An interdisciplinary working group, we have the knowledge, expertise, and experience to serve as your evaluation and research partner with particular subject matter expertise in public health, healthcare, and health innovation.
IHI and NKU are uniquely positioned in northern Kentucky to create a pipeline to reduce the future healthcare worker shortage and bring
underserved and minority students into healthcare programs. We develop new ways to prepare students for an increasingly technological and collaborative role through our programs for students.
IHI works on addressing Social Determinants
of Health through programs and projects like
the Opportunity House, NKU CARE Closet,
and Geek Your Health events.
