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The University of Louisville School of Nursing is an essential partner in a research-intensive academic health sciences center with schools of dentistry, medicine, and public health.

Our faculty create and disseminate new knowledge to improve health outcomes and quality of life of a variety of populations. These populations include persons with chronic conditions such as diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular disease, and substance abuse, teenage mothers, persons with cancer, children with special needs and their caregivers, and persons in long-term care, to name a few. Key research foci include:

  • Self-management of Symptoms of Chronic Conditions
  • Health Services Research
  • Mental Health Promotion
  • Environmental Health
  • Child and Adolescent Health

Providing Comprehensive Support

The Office of Nursing Research (ONR) provides comprehensive support for faculty in building their programs of research and scholarship. The aims of ONR are to:

  • Promote a collegial environment that nurtures research and scholarship
  • Support expansion of our extramurally funded research portfolio by providing the critical infrastructure to meet our goal
  • Support excellence in scholarly productivity