The Cizik Nursing Resource Institute is organized into five cores that highlight scientific areas of strength across the UTHealth Houston campus.
- The Administrative Core provides comprehensive management of the institute’s budget, funding initiatives, and strategic collaborations; coordinates major grant submissions; and monitors performance metrics.
- The Research Informatics Core supports nursing research with the integration of informatics and cutting-edge technology into nursing research studies.
- The Biobehavioral Health Research Core provides access to and training on state-of-the-art genomic approaches to investigate how changes in DNA sequence and epigenetic modifications cause changes in behavior, and how this may lead to development of behavioral disorders through a collaborative model that links bench scientists with clinician scientists.
- The Vulnerable Populations Research Core helps reduce health disparities and promote health equity by supporting studies of populations vulnerable to exploitation and stigmatization during the research process.
- The Clinical Innovations and Translational Nursing Science Core fosters relationships between partner health systems, clinicians, and academic researchers to promote translation of nursing science to practice settings.