1st in the Nation, Advancing Innovation
Our research enhances learning at all levels of scale to make it more effective, routine and efficient.
We are a first-in-the-nation basic science department focused on learning. Our department focuses on research in four main areas to support our overarching goal-improve learning to improve health. Our research programs generate new knowledge to enhance learning at all levels of scale — feeding into the learning loop, the engine of the learning health system. Scientists across multiple disciplines contribute their individual expertise for this common cause.
Together, we're answering the big questions:
- How do we bring together multiple disciplines to improve health care, to lower health care costs and to create better health?
- How do we most effectively synthesize advances in technology with our growing understanding of social, behavioral and economic sciences?
- How can we advance innovative concepts of teaching and learning, such as competency-based education, for health professionals?
- How does simulation-based training of health professionals improve health care delivery and health outcomes?
- How do we improve the accessibility of biomedical information and rapid sharing of best practices?
- How do we create the infrastructure to implement knowledge and change practice on the ground?
We collaborate across disciplines and with researchers and groups around the world to develop a deeper understanding of learning processes and their supporting environments. Discover our work with the Learning Health System Collaboratory, Learning Health Systems Journal and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Learning Community.
