Clinical Scholarship

Faced with mental and physical health challenges at a global scale, The Center for Healthy Minds conducts rigorous scientific research to bring new insights aimed at improving the well-being of people of all backgrounds and ages. Their research, rooted in neuroscience, comes down to one basic question: What constitutes a healthy mind?

Center for Teaching Learning and Mentoring (CTLM) supports instructors at all career stages in their continuing growth as practitioners of the complex, dynamic and rewarding craft of teaching.

Discovery to Product (D2P) provides resources that can help transform innovations originating at UW–Madison into products and services that change the world. They serve nearly 400 UW faculty, staff, and student innovators, grant over $1 million in funding annually, and they’ve helped launch or grow 106 startups.

The mission of the Health Innovations Program (HIP) is to integrate health systems research with clinical practice and community programs. HIP supports the development and dissemination of tools for evidence-based health system and health care change through its website, HIPxChange. On HIPxChange, you’ll find tools to improve patient and family engagement, transitions in care, mental health, cancer screening and care, research tools, and more.

The Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) has transformed the culture of UW–Madison from silos to integration. Researchers from Medicine and Public Health, Nursing, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, Engineering and across the campus collaborate extensively and benefit from a strong network of resources and opportunities.

The Morgridge Center for Public Service connects University of Wisconsin–Madison students, staff, and faculty to local and global communities to build partnerships and solve critical issues through service and learning.

The over-arching goal of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (OVCRGE) is to address the complex challenges of the university’s broad research enterprise and support the needs of graduate education across campus, all while providing strong leadership and clear vision in the constant pursuit of research and graduate education excellence. The OVCRGE oversees about $1.3 billion in annual research expenditures, a figure that puts UW–Madison among the top 10 in the nation among universities for volume of research.

The UW Population Health Institute advances health and well-being for all by developing and evaluating interventions and promoting evidence-based approaches to policy and practice at the local, state, and national levels. The Institute works across the full spectrum of factors that contribute to health.

The Research Cores Directory is a compendium of shared research equipment and services, including data for 120+ core units, 500+ shared instruments and resources, and 450+ professional services. The research cores include services and consultation relevant to research in life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.

Founded in 1922 by six nursing students, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) has more than 100,000 active members and 600 chapters at institutions of higher education and health care partners from Armenia, Australia, and Botswana, to Thailand, the United States, and Wales. Sigma members include clinical nurses and administrators, academic nurse educators and researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and others working to fulfill the organization’s vision of connected, empowered nurse leaders transforming global health care.

The scientific mission of the UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) is organized around six scientific programs. UWCCC programs encompass laboratory research, clinical research, population sciences, and advanced research training. Shared resources provide researchers with a wide variety of services to ensure that their science is supported by state-of-the-art technology and techniques. Our shared resources are designed to support multidisciplinary research and unite physicians and scientists to speed the transfer of science to patients.

The Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education (CIPE) is a University Center supported by the UW–Madison Provost’s Office and the deans of the four health sciences schools – School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, and School of Veterinary Medicine. Their mission is to work collaboratively locally, nationally, and globally to champion, integrate, and advance Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) to achieve the Quintuple Aim: better population health, better patient care, better value, better provider work experience, and better health equity.

The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute (WAI) is home of the  Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP) study, one of the world’s largest and longest running studies of individuals at risk for Alzheimer’s disease. WRAP is comprised of over 1,600 individuals, followed over time, including biological, health, and lifestyle factors that may affect the disease.

The Wisconsin Center for Nursing (WCN) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that was created in 2006 to engage nurse and healthcare organizations, public and private academic programs, government agencies, and related service providers to work together as collaborative partners in an effort to ensure an adequate, competent, and diverse nursing workforce for the people of Wisconsin. Our mission is to critically assess and monitor nursing workforce and education trends, and promote nursing career pathways with a focus on under-represented groups and leadership development.

The Wisconsin Nurses Association (WNA) is the premier organization representing the interests of Wisconsin’s 90,000 registered nurses. WNA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting a safe and ethical work environment, bolstering the health and wellness of nurses, and advocating on health care issues that affect nurses and the public. WNA is at the forefront of improving the quality of health care for all.

The Center for Aging Research and Education (CARE) promotes timely and relevant research focused on care of older adults by promoting inter-professional collaboration and community engagement to strengthen and inform nursing research and to contribute towards evidence-based practice.

Signe Skott Cooper Hall, home to the School of Nursing, offers many resources for scholarship. More than half of Cooper Hall’s second floor is devoted to the Center for Technology-Enhanced Nursing (CTEN), a suite of fully functional, simulated environments where students get to practice their skills hands-on.

The Research Design & Statistics Unit (RDSU) within the Nursing Research and Sponsored Programs Office provides consultation and support around issues of research design, data analysis, and manuscript preparation. Statisticians are available to provide support for both faculty and graduate students as they prepare and implement their research and scholarship. The RDSU offers online training in statistical software packages commonly used by School of Nursing faculty. It also offers access to a variety of specialized data, data analysis methods, and methodological papers.

The WINRS team provides researchers with effective and innovative strategies for engaging stakeholders and study participants—especially those from underrepresented populations.

Their services include the Community Advisors on Research Design and Strategies (CARDS). CARDS a community-based team of advisors who offer researchers candid feedback on recruitment materials and strategies, data collection approaches, and engagement with research participants. Since 2010, over 200 CARDS meetings have been held at local community centers between researchers and the CARDS® , advisory group.