At the University of Michigan School of Nursing, we aspire to provide health for all by integrating more perspectives to understand health care inequities and assemble interdisciplinary teams that generate the knowledge needed to create solutions. Health equity drives our scholarship, and the U-M School of Nursing is dedicated to creating an energized and inclusive learning community that welcomes scholars who specialize in research that addresses inequities in health care delivery and outcomes. Join us as we seek the best outcomes, see the bigger picture and excel toward a more equitable delivery of health to all.
Some areas of interest are listed below:
- Racial, ethnic, gender and sex-based bias and the associated consequences in data, algorithms and technologies that enable health care
- Point-of-care interventions to reduce health care providers’ implicit racial biases and enhance their structural competence
- Point-of-care interventions to improve health equity, including systems-level interventions
- Community-driven, technology-enabled models of health care delivery that address health equity–driven interventions to mitigate negative social and economic determinants of health
Healthcare's Great Communicators
Assistant Professor Sheria Robinson-Lane understands it’s going to take sustained engagement for her work to shape systemic solutions, and new conversations can start with a simple message that’s helped guide her career.
Building Health Through Housing Sustainability
Two faculty members are leading efforts to build a series of research projects demonstrating that safe, stable housing is a social determinant of health.
We Dare to Change Health Inequities
Assistant Professor Lenette Jones is designing and pilot-testing innovative interventions to improve self-management of blood pressure among African American women aiming to develop solutions for patients and eliminate health disparities.
The Road to Maternal Health
Despite war and an Ebola crisis, Professor Jody Lori never gave up on a program to improve maternal health in Liberia.
Reshaping Health Care in Detroit
Assistant Professor Jade Burns has been leading community-centered research in Detroit to improve health education, access and outcomes for young Black men in urban communities.