The College of Health & Lehigh’s Strategic Plan 18 Invest in strategic interdisciplinary research, focusing on improving health through assessments and interventions outside of traditional healthcare settings: the majority of research in the College of Health aims to improve health outcomes by addressing the multiple determinants of health in order to prevent disease and promote wellbeing; for example, improving the lives of people outside the clinic is central to the Disability Independence research cluster Create an expanded and strengthened research environment: on top of the College of Health’s in-house research support team, Lehigh will invest in expanded and enhanced facilities and the support and development of graduate students, postdocs, and research staff Lead in educational innovation: College of Health faculty members use Universal Design for Inquiry, a methodology that allows students to guide their own learning Lehigh has identified 10 initiatives that define actions to support the three strategic goals and determine University investments. Five of these initiatives speak directly to the mission of the College of Health: Redefine a deeply interdisciplinary education: all courses at the College of Health are interdisciplinary, undergraduate to graduate, making the College one of the first colleges on campus to have achieved this initiative Enhance the shared Bethlehem experience: many faculty at the College of Health are focused on community-based participatory research within Bethlehem, working to understand what their needs are, and building community. Lehigh’s first new college in 50 years, the College of Health is central to Lehigh’s vision for the next decade. The College of Health promotes innovative faculty research and inspires students to build a positive future for our world.
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