The CISA faculty have made substantial contributions to gerontologic nursing, and to the field of gerontology, securing millions of dollars in extramural funding to support the advancement of integrative science in aging, in palliative care, psychiatric mental health, sleep, culture change in long-term care, gero-oncology, symptom management, and geriatric trauma care since 2001. These efforts support knowledge acquisition and the discovery of evidence-based benchmarks that create solutions for many problems faced by older adults.

To recognize and build on these contributions, the John A Hartford Foundation funded the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (HCGNE) in 2001 which is part of CISA.  The HCGNE is committed to building geriatric nursing leadership and academic capacity to address the demand for older adult healthcare. To do so, our faculty mentor and support undergraduate through postdoctoral students and fellows, many of them funded by scholarships and traineeships.

Our success in conduct and dissemination of research, curriculum design, mentorship, and promotion of innovative evidence-based practice models has been documented in hundreds of publications and presentations, and honored by numerous national awards.