Strategic Priority 4

Facilitate and Support Interdisciplinarity

 

AY 24-25 Goals

Goal (or objectives)Action PlanActor(s)

Goal 1: Promote and facilitate interdisciplinary research

 

  1. Create faculty affiliation opportunities (Council of Center Directors) – fall 2024 - CHHS promote center affiliation – spring 2025 
  1. AD for FAR will commission at least one interdisciplinary research team to submit a large-scale federal grant 
    1. Explore funding priority areas of research that are also a research focus of CHHS interdisciplinary faculty (e.g., HIV/AIDS related research (alcohol, drugs, co-occurring diseases); autism; chronic disease prevention (obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart health)  
    2. Reach out to department chairs to plan a series of small priority area meetings with related externally funded faculty to explore collaborations– fall 2024  
  1. AD for FAR will commission at least one interdisciplinary research team to submit a large-scale federal grant 
    1. Research Council will work with CHHS-Tech to develop a mechanism from RSCA proposals that identifies faculty research areas.  
    2. Clarify intended outcome(s) for research convening meetings and outline a plan for inviting, scheduling, developing agenda, and assessing effectiveness and present to Dean and AD for FAR along with budget request 

Grace

Center Directors

Goal 2: Develop a college interprofessional education (IPE/Simulation) task force 

Michael Williams

IPE Task Force

AY 2023-2024

View Strategic Plan and Outline of Achievements

AY 2022-2023

View Strategic Plan and Outline of Achievements

AY 2021-2022

View Strategic Plan, Accomplishments and Points of Consideration for Future Goals.pdf

AY 2020-2021

  • Completed programming planning of a new interdisciplinary Peterson Hall One replacement building that will house multiple health and wellness and clinical health disciplines within CHHS. 
  • Created a faculty task force to advance interdisciplinary faculty vision for augmented and virtual reality technologies in CHHS degree programs.

AY 2019-2020 

  • Chair and plus one training on the Five Behaviors of a Team 
  • College-wide launch of the Five Behaviors of a Team 
  • Interprofessional committee provided poverty simulation open to CHHS students, faculty and staff, and beyond. 

AY 2018-2019 

  • Using community sectors we prepare students to eventually work in, CHHS Identified four interdisciplinary frames (clinical care, health and wellness, business and industry, community organizations, and government agencies) in which all of our degree programs and courses can be assigned. 
  • Developed an interdisciplinary building concept using sector interdisciplinary frames. 
  • Identified all courses by sectors and held faculty sector meetings to share ideas about interdisciplinary teaching spaces 
  • Interprofessional committee provided poverty simulation open to CHHS students, faculty and staff, and beyond. 

AY 2017-2018 

  • Initiated and implemented Meet the Department/School events to inspire greater connectivity and organic collaborative opportunities. 
  • Facilitated CHHS Interprofessional Faculty Committee  

AY 2016-2017 

  • Conducted college-wide faculty survey on research areas of interest 
  • Held faculty/community round table discussions