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The Center for Health Sciences
Bringing the best of learning, research, and partnership together
OUR GOAL
Improving healthspan for all
The Center for Health Sciences—the anchor of Northeastern’s Charlotte campus—is focused on improving healthspan for all, so that people live not just longer but better lives, even when coping with disease or disability.
With our deep roots in the region, we work with other enterprising organizations looking for creative ways to build healthcare talent and collaborate on R&D and community-based healthcare solutions. Together, we can build the next generation of sharp, experienced, compassionate healthcare leaders and providers.
Healthspan:
An integrative, proactive approach to health that considers a person’s biology, lifestyle, and environmental factors in order to prolong and enhance quality of life.
HOW WE WORK
We teach skills across disciplines
We equip future health leaders, clinicians, advocates, researchers, and entrepreneurs with the skills to innovate and collaborate across disciplines.
We champion a people-centered approach
We champion a people-centered approach to health, well-being, and continuum of care—one that’s informed by evidence-based research.
We form partnerships to solve challenges
We partner with local and regional companies, nonprofits, and policymakers to solve health-related challenges and disparities.
We collaborate on creative solutions
We work with organizations to tailor creative, effective approaches to health sciences teaching, learning, research, and discovery.
STudents
Earn a degree in nursing and other high-demand health fields
Gain the skills and experience for fast-growing professions such as speech language pathology and public health administration.
If you want to become a nurse but don’t have a bachelor’s degree, we’re the only North Carolina university to offer a degree completion track within our Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program. If you have an associate’s degree or at least 63 college credits, see if this is the right pathway for you.
Employers
Partner on workforce solutions
We co-create learning programs to help employers in the health sector meet business goals and recruit, upskill, and retain talent.
organizations
Collaborate on leading-edge research
As a world-class research university—the only one in Charlotte with an R1 ranking for productivity by the Carnegie Classification—our researchers are ready to collaborate with yours to find solutions to health issues ranging from autism to health equity.
BY THE NUMBERS
The healthcare sector
$20B
total impact of the healthcare sector on the regional economy
20%
growth in the healthcare sector in the Charlotte region since 2010
1.1M
number of nurses needed across the U.S. in the next five years