Mission, Vision, and Values Statement

Department Mission, Vision, and Values

Mission: To cultivate academic and healthcare leaders who create and apply evidence-based knowledge to enhance the health of individuals and communities.

Vision: To be the premier health management and policy program that contributes through research, education, and innovation to designing and implementing an affordable system to improve health and transform health care worldwide.

Values: To achieve excellence in health management and policy, through the creation and application of new knowledge, we hold ourselves accountable for adhering to the following values:

• Integrity: Maintain professional, ethical, and honest practices in all of our activities.
• Excellence: Pursue the highest standards in research, teaching, and service.
• Learning: Continuously evaluate and improve our curriculum and research through the creation and use of evidence-based approaches and innovative ideas.
• Inclusiveness: Respect cultural values and diversity, treat all people with dignity and respect, and build a department as diverse as the challenges and opportunities facing health care and public health.
• Collaboration: Forge relationships across disciplines and the various communities we serve, and incorporate multiple perspectives into our research, teaching, and service.
• Equity: Commit to serve the needs of the entire population, regardless of differences or circumstances, and address the barriers and disparities that hinder people's ability to lead healthy lives through research, teaching, and service.

MHSA Program Mission and Vision

Mission: Cultivate leaders and innovators who have a comprehensive understanding of the business as well as the human aspects of health care to transform the healthcare industry and pursue population health across the country and around the world. Our multidisciplinary and integrated curriculum is tailored to early-career students with diverse academic backgrounds. Graduates will demonstrate knowledge growth, competency development, and practical skills in the management of health focused organizations informed by an understanding of domestic and global public policy.

Vision: To be the nationally and internationally premier health management program that contributes to reforming health care and pursuing population health by developing transformational health care leaders and innovators.

HMP is committed to promoting a diverse healthcare workforce and creating an inclusive and equitable learning environment. Please see the Best Practices - Guidelines for Engagement if you will be visiting our department. 

These best practices are standard among faculty, staff, and students within our department.