The pillars of integrated health
- Interdisciplinary education
- Collaborative research
- Technical and social innovation
- Knowledge transfer and commercialization
- Health and Social Innovation Centre
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There is no more challenging and important issue facing Canada today than the delivery of effective, efficient and sustainable health care. UNB and its partners are working to change the future of health care, today.
The Integrated Health Initiative is UNB’s Strategic Vision in action, serving the public good and tackling society’s grand challenges. Through this ambitious initiative, UNB will become the place to which other jurisdictions turn when confronted with seemingly insurmountable health care challenges and social issues.
In an article that appeared in the May 26 Telegraph Journal, columnist Ken McGeorge spoke to the challenges of recruiting and retaining professional health care staff. He stressed that a supportive workplace culture and effective management are key.
A significant milestone was reached on UNB’s Saint John campus August 9 with an official groundbreaking at the future location of the new Health and Social Innovation Centre (HSIC). The 65,000 square foot HSIC building will provide a home for UNB’s Integrated Health Initiative, or IHI.
On a drizzly day in June, the community gathered for a blessing of the future site of the Health and Social Innovation Centre (HSIC) at the University of New Brunswick Saint John campus.
UNB's first cohort of bachelor of health (BH) students are off to become the next generation of health professionals, advocates and communicators to help solve the grand challenges we face in healthcare today.
There is no more challenging and important issue facing Canada today than the delivery of effective, efficient and sustainable healthcare. The University of New Brunswick (UNB) and partners, such as the Horizon Health Network, are working together to address this challenge and to change the future of healthcare.