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Innovation Fellowship, Center for Healthcare Innovation and Leadership

The Ohio State University College of Nursing / Ohio State Wexner Medical Center

Last reviewed August 30, 2026

Intelligence summary

Program at a Glance

Program mandate
The Innovation Fellowship is a 12-month interdisciplinary program run by the Center for Healthcare Innovation and Leadership at the Ohio State University College of Nursing, which exists to bring together leaders in innovation, entrepreneurship, education, practice and research. Fellows advance a real project through three phases the program calls creative inquiry, design and development, and synthesis and spread, with personalized coaching and a peer cohort.
Organizational model
Academic · Nonprofit
Location
Columbus, Ohio
Program types
Nursing innovationEntrepreneurship
Focus areas
ClinicalWorkforce
Public scale or maturity signals

Established 2020

Documented successes: Ran its inaugural cohort in 2020-21 and has continued through a 2025-26 cohort drawing faculty and healthcare professionals from multiple institutions and disciplines

Official engagement route
Program website ↗Health system website ↗
Last reviewed
August 30, 2026

Mandate and remit

What This Program Does

The Innovation Fellowship is a 12-month interdisciplinary program run by the Center for Healthcare Innovation and Leadership at the Ohio State University College of Nursing, which exists to bring together leaders in innovation, entrepreneurship, education, practice and research. Fellows advance a real project through three phases the program calls creative inquiry, design and development, and synthesis and spread, with personalized coaching and a peer cohort. Participants identify high-leverage problems, prototype solutions, and finish with deliverables ready for launch, publication or scaling. The fellowship is open beyond Ohio State: the 2025-26 cohort includes faculty and healthcare professionals from a range of institutions and disciplines. An external advisory board of innovation and entrepreneurship practitioners supports the cohort.

Areas of Focus

ClinicalWorkforce

Publicly Reported Outcomes

  • Documented successes

    Ran its inaugural cohort in 2020-21 and has continued through a 2025-26 cohort drawing faculty and healthcare professionals from multiple institutions and disciplines

Leadership and Structure

Organizational home: Innovation Fellowship, Center for Healthcare Innovation and Leadership, The Ohio State University College of Nursing / Ohio State Wexner Medical Center

  • Taura L. Barr — Director, Innovation Fellowship; Associate Professor, Ohio State College of Nursing

Contact the Program

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Program phone
724-710-0541
Official contact page
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Sources and Updates

Reviewed August 30, 2026. External source links open in a new tab.

  1. Innovation Fellowship, Center for Healthcare Innovation and Leadership official source ↗ — nursing.osu.edu. Accessed August 30, 2026.
  2. Innovation Fellowship, Center for Healthcare Innovation and Leadership source 2 ↗ — nursing.osu.edu. Accessed August 30, 2026.

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