Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health Care System through close collaboration and a commitment to service.
About
Our goal is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine.
A Rich Tradition of Excellence and Care
Building for the Future
Our Vision
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine.
Our Mission
Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians and others whom we serve through excellence in patient care, education and research.
Patient Care
We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education
We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research
We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration amongst disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.
Our Values
One Great Team
- We are better together than we are apart.
- Our effective collaboration is key to providing quality care.
- We are building an inclusive and equitable culture that encourages and supports the diverse voices of our patients and each other.
Carolina Care
- We care holistically about patients and each other.
- It is our privilege to serve the people of North Carolina.
- We demonstrate kindness and compassion in every interaction.
Leading the Way
- We make a difference by improving lives every day and training the next generation of health care leaders.
- Our research is changing the world.
- We provide innovative care.
It Starts with Me
- Each of us takes ownership of, and accountability for, doing the right thing.
- We empower and trust each other to step up.
- We support each other and hold each other accountable in our work.
Facts and Figures
#3
In Primary Care Education
$584 million
total research grants/contracts
#5
among public universities in research
41%
of SOM grads enter residencies
in North Carolina
93 percentile
For MD graduates who are
Black or African American
$1 billion
Amount UNC SOM expected to surpass in fundraising for patient care, education advocacy, & research
2
Nobel Prize laureates
23
UNC SOM faculty inducted in
National Academy of Medicine
2,064
students
The Way Of A Teacher: Go And Do Likewise
Learn about the life and legacy of William de Berniere MacNider, dean of the UNC School of Medicine from 1937 to 1940.