߲ݴý of Medicine Strategic Plan

߲ݴý of Medicine Strategic Plan

Overview

߲ݴý of Medicine has moved beyond ߲ݴý 2.0.

What began as a shared vision for transformation has become an expanding ecosystem of influence, innovation, partnership, and impact. The passage of HB 1339 and the growth of ߲ݴý’s social capital signal a new era—one in which our relationships, credibility, knowledge, and reach create dividends far beyond our physical footprint.

Our vision is no longer aspirational. It is activated, connected, and multiplying.

In our students, we develop leaders who understand that excellence and social accountability are inseparable—and who carry that responsibility into practice, research, policy, and leadership.

In our patients and communities, our growing clinical and community footprint extends high-quality, culturally responsive care while creating new pathways to reach those historically afforded the least access.

Across our partnerships and networks, ߲ݴý connects education, research, clinical care, workforce, policy, technology, and community assets to influence health well beyond our campus.

In the rooms where decisions are made, we bring evidence, lived experience, trusted relationships, and the voice of communities to shape policy, investment, and systems change.

Through our science, we generate the knowledge and evidence that make health equity actionable, measurable, and accountable.

This is more than ߲ݴý 2.0. Our reach now exceeds our footprint, and our influence is amplified by the strength of our social capital.

Our North Star remains constant: leading the creation and advancement of health equity to achieve health justice.

The opportunity before us is to convert that extraordinary social capital into regenerative institutional, community, economic, scientific, and societal impact—creating value that not only endures, but replenishes, expands, and compounds for generations.

Our Mission

We exist to:

  • Improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities;
  • Increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce;
  • Address primary health care through programs in education, research, and service;
  • With emphasis on people of color and those systemically excluded in urban and rural populations in Georgia, the nation, and the world.

Our Vision:

Leading the creation and advancement of health equity to achieve health justice.

Our Core Values:

  • Excellence: Achieving the highest level of performance in all endeavors.
  • Service: Treating all people and communities with respect, compassion and empathy.
  • Justice (New): Enabling conditions, contexts and systems to make equity and optimal health possible.
  • Wisdom: Valuing and transferring the knowledge and experience of all individuals.
  • Integrity: Upholding the highest standards of ethical behavior, transparency and accountability.
  • Innovation: Creating inspired solutions in science, service, and education.

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Strategic Plan


 

Contact

Taya Jackson Scott, Ed.D.
Vice President, Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer
Institutional Accreditation Liaison
IMpact & INnovation (IM’IN)
Building A: NCPC 417-A