SLU Center for Interprofessional Education & Research Recognized as a Healthy People 2030 Champion for Supporting the Initiative’s Vision

01/06/2023

The Center for Interprofessional Education & Research (CIER) at the Saint Louis University (SLU) Medical Center has been recognized by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a Healthy People 2030 Champion.

As a Healthy People 2030 Champion, the SLU CIER has demonstrated a commitment to helping achieve the Healthy People 2030 vision of a society in which all people can achieve their full potential for health and well-being across their lifespans.

ODPHP recognizes the SLU CIER, along with other Healthy People 2030 Champions, as part of a growing network of organizations partnering with ODPHP to improve health and well-being at the local, state, and tribal level.

“The CIER is tremendously excited and grateful to receive this recognition on behalf of SLU, the Interprofessional Community Practicum program, and the 30 dedicated Community Based Agencies that partner with the Center and enable health professions students to have longitudinal experiences in service-with communities to support and increased their capacity to serve under-resourced members of the St Louis community” said David Pole, Ph.D., Center Director. 

Healthy People 2030 is the fifth iteration of the Healthy People initiative, which sets 10-year national objectives to improve health and well-being nationwide. Healthy People 2030 Champions are public and private organizations that are working to help achieve Healthy People objectives. They receive official support and recognition from ODPHP.

CIER is housed on the Medical Center Campus. The mission CIER is to develop a health care workforce that is prepared to practice and teach effective team-based care and interprofessional collaborative practice by integrating research-inspired, high-value, humanistic care.

To accomplish this mission, the CIER collaborates across the health professions schools, residency programs and clinical practices to:

• Prepare health professions graduates and health care providers for interprofessional patient-centered, collaborative practice.
• Advance the practice of effective and efficient interprofessional team-based care to improve individual patient and population health outcomes.
• Advance research and scholarly activity of interprofessional education and collaborative practice.