Nurse scientists at Cizik School of Nursing are supported by UTHealth Houston’s multidisciplinary Cizik Nursing Research Institute (CNRI), which provides infrastructure, evidence-based mentoring programs, and laboratory facilities. Get the details about the Smart Apartment for aging-in-place research and the Biobehavioral Health Laboratory.
Our nurse scientists are devoted to improving the lives of patients and families with a wide variety of robust programs of research. Get to know our faculty members, and find one whose interests align with yours.
More than 20 Department of Research faculty members are conducting research funded by federal and state grants as well as private foundations and intramural sources. Explore our funded research projects.
The Center for Nursing Research provides pre- and post-award services, editorial support, statistical consultation, and a wide range of other services to support faculty.
This nursing-led, multidisciplinary center supports research studies of behavioral and social interventions that aim to reduce exposure to elder mistreatment and its mental and physical impacts on community-dwelling older adults and their caregivers.
Hongyu Wang, MD, PhD, receives pilot grant from the UTHealth Houston Cizik Nursing Research Institute.
Alex Choi, MD, and Seong Kyu “Bosco” Yang, MD, receive grant from UTHealth Houston Cizik Nursing Research Institute.
Two Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston researchers are now recruiting patients for studies funded by large federal grants they received last year.
Assistant Professor Higinio Fernández-Sánchez is using three grants to research quality of life for people aging with HIV.
Associate Professor Nitha Mathew Joseph receives Zeta Pi grant.
“The Pitt” actor Ned Brower delivers keynote address at 2026 PARTNERS Luncheon.
Funding from the National Institutes of Health rises to $12 million in 2025.
Assistant Professor Joyce Ju receives grant from The University of Texas Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy of Health Science Education.
Sara F. Jacoby describes how the built environment can influence firearm violence.
Nurses, physicians, engineers, and venture capitalists discuss the future of AI and robotics in elder care.