SAIUNIVERSITY

SAIU’s strategic planning for education, research, and diversity includes student engagement in attaining competency; faculty participation and to investing across scientific disciplines; and building on key strengths in the school, such as data science, team science, and health equity research.

The plan presents goals and action items in three domains: student engagement in attaining competency, and faculty participation in the educational mission. SAIU’s strategic plan for scientific research aligns with our broader plan of investment across scientific disciplines, and builds on key strengths in the school, such as data science, team science, and our health equity research.

Our excellence starts with all of you. Our leadership continues to evolve as we advance scientific discovery, innovative medical education, and compassionate care for all. How can excellence be defined in terms of educating tomorrow's physicians?

We start by seeking the qualities of creativity, compassion, and leadership in our prospective students as well as in our faculty and administrators. At each of our health sciences schools, we seek to make excellence an everyday pursuit.

Excellence can be achieved by combining creativity, compassion, and leadership. One needs to be creative as a clinician because, despite all of the advances of modern medicine, each patient is unique, and diagnoses are not always obvious. Compassion is a core principle of all the healing professions and should be the main driver of every health care provider. And Leadership is required to address the complicated problems that we face in healthcare. As a leader, one needs to embody the principles fairness and strive to reduce disparities in our society.

We hope to engrain these qualities in you as you adopt the culture of our institution and come to live by our standards of excellence.

Dr. Parbhoo M.D.
Executive Dean