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Cornerstone 3: Clinical Health Sciences

We Will Care

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the health-care industry will grow 16%, adding more jobs than any other occupational group between now and 2030. With the growing demand for professionals comes a demand for innovative technology, better care, and improved public health policy.

At Miami, we work not only to keep pace but to stay ahead. How? By expanding programs, adding degrees, building and empowering policymakers, and creating a space that encourages transdisciplinary collaboration.

This is within our reach. Miami University is already a leader in clinical health sciences education, with a nationally respected gerontology center, speech pathology and clinical psychology graduate programs, and a pre-medical program that produces in-demand graduates.

As we look to the future of the health sciences, we will not only expand into new territory, we will continue to nurture our successful existing programs, including our thriving, nationally recognized nursing program that partners with the Farmer School of Business for a dual MBA and will soon launch a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.

Becoming a nurse practitioner will allow me to become the first woman among my siblings to pursue (an advanced degree). I’ll break the stereotype that only men can achieve higher academic success in my family.” – Effe Addae ’22, Nursing

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How will we meet the growth of clinical health sciences and lead the technological advancements that accompany it?

We will create a hub for learning, innovation, and collaboration. The College of Arts and Science will lead the way with an ambitious health and translational science initiative. We will create opportunities for students to explore new fields, and for faculty to conduct vital research while mentoring entire generations of effective and ethical leaders.

Employment for physician associates is expected to grow by 30% by 2030. That’s approximately 40,100 new jobs added at a rate much faster than average. Miami University will lead the charge to meet this demand with new M.S. and doctorate degrees specifically for this field.

There is a critical shortage of qualified nurses, and Miami is heeding the call. The nursing program is enhancing teaching and training practices to ensure consistent quality of care and address the alarming turnover rates affecting hospitals across the country.

Miami's nursing program provides a balance of liberal arts and professional nursing courses. Nursing students practice clinical decision-making, critical thinking, and therapeutic communications skills in safe environments to build confidence to address realistic patient scenarios. Emphasis is on the nursing process for health promotion, prevention, restoration, and maintenance with clients, family, and client groups in community health settings.

A center for collaboration, new research, discovery, and deep scholarship, this new 165,000-square-foot facility will be home to the Oxford Nursing cohort, as well as Speech Pathology, Audiology, and Physician Associate programs across three wings of clinics, state-of-the-art classrooms, and labs. It will also be home to the student medical clinic, providing on-campus, health-care services for students.

Here, we will foster interdisciplinary work, weaving together clinical health sciences with the humanities, business, and data analytics. This will prepare our students for a future that demands flexibility, the ability to interpret data, and the willingness to break through disciplinary silos to find the best solutions for a population facing new health challenges and greater longevity.


By expanding our successful graduate programs in fields including Speech Pathology and Clinical Psychology, we will continue to lead in established fields while simultaneously exploring new disciplines. Programs in the College for Creative Arts will answer the call for innovation with new areas of study in Gamification of Health Information, Art Therapy, and Experience Design. In addition, we will expand our programming in public and global health programs and expand partnerships between disciplines like data science and health science to guide future policy. Supporting all of this will be a series of endowed professorships, teaching postdocs, and more to strengthen our foundation of research and scholarship.