Centers and Programs
The University of Texas School of Nursing at Houston has the following Centers, Programs, and Services dedicated to supporting the needs of the community, the faculty, the nurses of tomorrow and scholars around the world.
The Center for Education and Information Resources is responsible for providing comprehensive and advanced technology solutions for the faculty and students of the School of Nursing. The CEIR department researches and implements student application software, performance measurement tracking applications, web communication systems, and state-of-the-art classroom instructional technology. The department also supports faculty and students in the areas of instructional design and distance education. Through the continual implementation of the latest instructional and medical electronic applications, the CEIR provides tomorrow’s nurses and today’s faculty with the technological information they need to become leaders in the changing medical arena.
The Center for Nursing Research promotes collaborative research and provides a research-centric environment in which faculty and students can increase their research productivity. The Center’s primary goals are to enhance the quality of research on both an individual and institutional basis, and to attain clinical research leadership that will, in turn, attract leading nurse researchers as well as extramural funding to support the various programs of research. The Center for Nursing Research’s 22,000 square feet are dedicated to biomedical laboratory space including tissue culture and radioisotope rooms, a support lab, several behavioral labs, a biomedical engineering lab, a controlled environment lab and core support services.
The Center for Substance Abuse Education, Prevention and Research promotes education, evidence-based practice, and research on substance use disorders. The Center provides direction for national multidisciplinary faculty initiatives to foster substance use competencies in the health professions. Federally-funded research studies focus on preventing substance abuse in adolescents, exploring mindfulness-based stress-reduction as an adjunct to recovery, and examining the relationship between alcohol use and elder self-neglect.
The primary purpose of the Center for Teaching Excellence is to foster faculty development by providing the School of Nursing faculty with resources and support to enhance their teaching ability and ensure students have well-trained and scholarly teachers. Educational activities sponsored by the CTE promote teaching excellence and scholarship to enhance the School’s ability to fulfill its primary mission of education.
Founded in 1987, the Center on Aging is an interdisciplinary center, focused on improving the quality of life for an aging society through research, education, patient care, community service and institutional development. The Center engages in research related to stroke survivors and their caregivers, pressure ulcer prevention and treatment, health-related quality of life, and other aging-related topics. Gerontological nursing content is integrated into the nursing curriculum, and shared through workshops, online conferences, and community presentations. The Center advocates for quality patient care through the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program that serves over 75 assisted living and 250 nursing facilities in Harris County.
The School of Nursing Continuing Education Program provides professionals from various backgrounds the opportunity to maintain, or enrich their current knowledge base, as well as maintain the skills and competencies to meet their current and future needs in nursing practice.
The University of Texas Health Services is a Nurse Practitioner directed clinic designed to provide educational and research opportunities for faculty and students while providing high quality, cost-effective primary and occupational health care services. Services provided include comprehensive primary care across the life span, occupational medicine, health education, travel medicine, and radiological and laboratory services. Additional services include office lab procedures, complete referrals to specialty clinics (both UT-Physicians specialists and private community specialists), and pharmacy services.
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