Our Vision:

To be the nation’s leading public school of medicine.

Our Mission:

Our mission is to improve the health of North Carolinians and others whom we serve.  We will accomplish this by achieving excellence and providing leadership in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Patient Care

As a key component of the UNC Health Care System, the School of Medicine will provide superb care to North Carolinians and others whom we serve.  We will maintain our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations.  Excellence in education and research will enhance our delivery of the very best medical care, which will be presented in an environment that is exceptionally welcoming, collegial, and supportive both for those receiving and those providing the care.

Education

We will achieve excellence in educating tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by providing exceptional support for outstanding teaching and research faculty.  We will offer an innovative and integrated curriculum in state-of-the-art facilities.  The School will attract the very best students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds.

Research

We will achieve excellence in research and in its translation to patient care by developing and supporting a rich array of outstanding research programs, centers, and resources. Proximity to the clinical programs of UNC Hospitals, to UNC-Chapel Hill’s other premier health affairs Schools (Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health) and the other departments, schools, and programs on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus affords an exceptional opportunity for innovative, world-class research collaborations.

In all of these missions, we will strive to meet the needs of our local, state, national, and global communities.

Fall 2005