Mission/Strategic Pillars

In 2017, the Medical School’s academic leadership announced a transformed UMMS mission statement:

To transform health through bold and innovative education, discovery, and service.”

In addition to crafting an updated mission, they also constructed a set of strategic pillars for the school: people, discovery, education, care and service.

People

To recruit, develop, and retain the best faculty, staff, and learners who work together for the greater good.

Discovery

To create transformative knowledge that advances science and improves health.

Education

To cultivate a learning community that engages all in bold and innovative education for the advancement of science, health and healthcare delivery.

Care

To deliver outstanding patient care and improve health for local, national, and global populations while caring for each other.

Service

To engage and collaborate with our institutional, local, state, national, and global communities to advance health and science.