IPH Campus Engagement
Partnering with and creating opportunities for faculty and students.
The Institute works to increase the Creighton community’s understanding of population health, to breakdown silos by encouraging cross-disciplinary collaboration and research and to provide opportunities for faculty, staff and students to participate in population health efforts on campus and in the community.
Creighton Community Collaborative
The Creighton Community Collaborative operates under the auspices of the Institute for Population Health as a concentrated effort by community-based organizations and programs, managed care organizations, academic institutions and other invested stakeholders to reduce barriers to health through services and resources. A primary focus of the collaborative addresses social determinants of health needs at the community level through a referral system.
Faculty Development and Curricular Programs
The IPH is partnering with the School of Medicine and the College of Professional and Continuing Education to develop meaningful graduate medical education programs and fellowships. The institute has also created a faculty development course in Human Centered Design.
CAREs Unit
The institute is establishing a CORE for Applied Research and Evaluations (CAREs unit) as a campuswide resource for qualitative and mixed-methods research, in support of academic, community and health system-oriented program evaluations, contracts and grants.
Health Equity and Workforce Diversity Research Interest Group
The IPH hosts a monthly online meeting for faculty and students that spotlights current faculty efforts to improve health equity through research and evaluation.
CommonSpirit Health LEAD Scholars Program
The CommonSpirit Health Leadership in Equity, Advocacy and Diversity (LEAD) Scholars program focuses service-learning and training on leadership, diversity and inclusion, advocacy and community engagement. This pilot program is overseen by IPH in partnership with clinical and educational leaders in Phoenix and kicked off in fall 2024.
Other Campus Work in Population Health
Population health management is a team endeavor, requiring the alignment of diverse perspectives and expertise to improve health equity and access to healthcare. Creighton is connected to the communities that surround us in a variety of ways across several disciplines. The Institute for Population Health sits at the intersection of these initiatives and more.
Creighton in Phoenix
At Creighton's Phoenix campus, students and faculty promote population health via their involvement with a variety of initiatives, including those that increase access to healthcare for uninsured patients, provide housing for adults with autism and Down syndrome, provide personal care attendants for people with disabilities, and more.
