College of Health Solutions
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| College of Health Solutions | |
|---|---|
| Name | College of Health Solutions |
| Type | Public college |
| Parent | Arizona State University |
| Established | 2012 |
| Dean | Ira A. Fulton |
| City | Tempe, Arizona |
| Country | United States |
College of Health Solutions The College of Health Solutions is a health sciences unit within Arizona State University located in Tempe, Arizona. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs focused on clinical practice, health care delivery, and population health, and partners with regional hospitals, public agencies, and nonprofit organizations to translate research into practice. The college emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration across medicine, nursing, public health, engineering, and business to address complex health challenges in local and global contexts.
History
The college was formed during a period of expansion at Arizona State University alongside initiatives from donors such as Ira A. Fulton and organizational shifts involving the Arizona Board of Regents and the Sun Devil Athletics era. Early organizational decisions referenced models from institutions like Johns Hopkins University, University of California, San Francisco, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, and University of Washington while engaging leaders with experience at Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, Harvard Medical School, Stanford University School of Medicine, and Columbia University Irving Medical Center. The college developed academic and research priorities influenced by national programs at the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and partnerships resembling collaborations with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grantees. Its growth coincided with statewide health initiatives led by the Arizona Department of Health Services and municipal efforts in Phoenix, Arizona and Maricopa County.
Academic programs
Programs span bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and certificate offerings, reflecting curricular models from institutions such as Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Degree titles interface with licensing frameworks like those of the American Medical Association, American Nurses Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education, Council on Education for Public Health, and certification boards tied to American Board of Family Medicine and American Board of Internal Medicine. Core disciplines draw on partnerships similar to those between Duke University School of Medicine and industry leaders such as Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, GE Healthcare, and Siemens Healthineers. Clinical training integrates rotations with systems akin to Banner Health, HonorHealth, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Maricopa Integrated Health System, and veteran care through Veterans Health Administration affiliated sites. International exchange programs mirror collaborations with Karolinska Institutet, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division, Imperial College London, and University of Melbourne.
Research and centers
Research centers address translational science, health informatics, behavioral health, rehabilitation, and aging, modeled on centers from Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, MIT Media Lab, and Oxford Big Data Institute. Funding sources include competitive mechanisms comparable to awards from the National Science Foundation, NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards, and private foundations such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Wellcome Trust. The college hosts specialized units that collaborate with regulatory and policy organizations like Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, World Health Organization, and advocacy groups such as American Heart Association, Alzheimer’s Association, American Diabetes Association, and American Cancer Society. Investigators publish in journals including The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, BMJ, and Health Affairs and present at conferences like American Public Health Association, Society for Neuroscience, American College of Cardiology, and American Physical Therapy Association.
Clinical partnerships and community engagement
Clinical affiliations support experiential learning with organizations resembling Banner Health, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, and HonorHealth, while public health outreach engages Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Arizona Department of Health Services, Red Cross, and faith-based networks such as Catholic Charities USA and St. Vincent de Paul Society. Community programs address chronic disease management, preventive services, and social determinants, aligning with initiatives from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Kaiser Family Foundation, Commonwealth Fund, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and tribal health authorities including the Navajo Nation Department of Health. Global health efforts draw on service models used by Doctors Without Borders, Partners In Health, World Health Organization, and UNICEF.
Facilities and resources
Physical infrastructure includes simulation labs, interprofessional clinics, informatics cores, and collaborative spaces comparable to facilities at Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Stanford Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Technology resources integrate platforms resembling Epic Systems, Cerner Corporation, IBM Watson Health, Philips Healthcare, and Siemens Healthineers for electronic health records, imaging, and telehealth. Learning resources mirror collections held by National Library of Medicine, Cochrane Library, and institutional repositories similar to PubMed Central and include maker spaces, biomechanics labs, and community clinics.
Admissions and student life
Admissions processes consider credentials, standardized exam results, and experiential portfolios similar to criteria used by University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Harvard Medical School, and Yale School of Medicine. Financial aid and scholarship programs parallel offerings from National Institutes of Health training grants, Fulbright Program, and private donors like Ira A. Fulton. Student life includes professional societies, interprofessional education initiatives, student chapters of American Medical Student Association, Student Nurses’ Association, Public Health Student Organization, American Physical Therapy Association Student Assembly, and campus activities involving Sun Devil Athletics, ASU Gammage, and local cultural institutions such as Phoenix Art Museum and Heard Museum.