The Mission of the Irsay Institute

The Irsay Institute’s mission is catalyzing innovative, transdisciplinary research at the intersection of health and social sciences and promoting individual, institutional and community change to achieve advances in health. This mission encompasses several areas of focus:

• Providing direct support for and development of research and researchers in the fields of health and health care.
• Conducting more advanced interdisciplinary research in the sociomedical sciences while bringing several campus-wide efforts under a single umbrella.
• Producing more graduates who are trained in the mental health field while raising awareness among all health care providers of how mental health issues complicate care for many serious illnesses.
• Informing a broader local and national policy agenda relating to mental health and stigma.