Who We Are
Who We Are
The Iowa State University – Translational Research Network (U-TuRN) works to break down the barriers that separate science and practice by empowering researchers to work directly with community partners to translate scientific knowledge into real action.
What We Do
What We Do
We provide support and training to faculty, staff, and students around best practices in community-engaged scholarship to help communities address social, economic and environmental conditions that effect health.
How We Help
How We Help
U-TuRN connects researchers and community leaders and supports translational scholarship in many ways, such as assisting with grant writing, needs assessments, intervention design, program evaluation, or visualizing and tracking data.
U-Turn makes an impact
We manage the ISU GivePulse network to facilitate and support community-campus partnerships (locally and across the state) to advance our research, teaching, and outreach efforts!
Motivational Interviewing (MI) Hub
The MI Hub provides online training through the Learn@ISU network to provide foundational knowledge to begin utilizing the skill of motivational interviewing
Engage with Us
The network is open to anyone interested in contributing to our mission:
Enabling healthy lifestyles by empowering communities to take action informed by science