Center For Integrative Health

About The Center

The Duquesne University Center for Integrative Health (DUCIH) is committed to improving the health and wellness of our campus and neighboring communities through interdisciplinary practice, teaching and research. We provide chronic disease prevention and management programs from pediatrics through adulthood; and our students are trained in an interdisciplinary teaching, research and service model.

The DUCIH encompasses the activities of both the employee and student wellness clinic on campus (formerly the Center for Pharmacy Care) and the Community Health Initiatives. The employee and student clinic is a provider of disease prevention and management services for the Duquesne University campus community. Community Health Initiatives include several community-based health programs, in collaboration with a diverse group of community partners, to meet residents where they are, decrease disease disparity, and promote health equity in Pittsburgh and surrounding communities. DUCIH programs focus on problems that have a high cost, high burden and significant racial disparity.

The DUCIH supports meaningful engagement with patients, communities and stakeholders to facilitate research that not only will improve health outcomes but the overall health care system.

Mission of the Center

The mission of the Center for Integrative Healthcare is to train the next generation of practitioners who will address rural and urban health care disparities and thereby improve health equity in the Pittsburgh region and beyond.

Goals of the Center

• Establish and sustain Duquesne University as a nationally recognized model for integrative health and community-based care
• Provide opportunities for interdisciplinary practice, teaching and research engagements
• Engage students in population health and community-based teaching and research experiences to promote health equity in our region

Overview of Current Programs