Institute for Health Innovation: Ģ��Ƶ, Greater Cincinnati Region

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Focus Areas

Social Determinants of Health
IHI works on addressing Social Determinants of Health through programs and projects like the Opportunity House, NKU CARE Closet, and Geek Your Health events.

Chronic Illness: Substance Use Disorder
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.

Future Health Leaders
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.

Accelerating Innovation
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.

Evaluation
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.

Important Dates

NKU’s Collaborative for Economic Engagement

IHI Highlight: EDA UC Grant

Ģ��Ƶ received a $1.1 million three-year grant from the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) University Center program. The grant will support NKU’s innovative efforts in expanding its Human Services and Addiction program, aiming to reduce health disparities in the underserved communities.

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In The News

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CPE, DCBS launch new Community Learning Network to train health services professionals

NKU, in partnership with CPE and the Department for Community-Based Services (DCBS) kicked off the Community Learning Network. The CLN is more responsive, modern and regionally inclusive workforce training system for Kentucky’s human services professionals, including over 5,000 DCBS employees and thousands of foster parents, kinship caregivers and community partners across 120 counties.

Find an NKY summer camp before it’s too late!

Camp Norse offers week-long, four-day, and three-day day camps to grades two through six. These camps allow students to glimpse what a college experience could be like. Nearly 200 campers will participate in week-long themed camps, which include meeting NKU students to learn about college life, participating in hands-on and experiential activities and engaging in interactive learning.

75 organizations receive grants to fight drug epidemic in Kentucky

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced the latest grants awarded by the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission. Ģ��Ƶ received $337,308 to connect Owen & Carroll County residents and justice-involved persons in recovery with appropriate, evidence-based, recovery and support services, therapeutic transportation and peer support.

Reserve the Health Innovation Center for your next event

The Institute for Health Innovation

The Institute for Health Innovation makes many of the spaces in the Health Innovation Center available for internal and external events from informal receptions to conferences and healthcare field trips. The HIC provides a wide range of spaces to accommodate your event with the amenities you need to make your event run smoothly and look amazing.

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