51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Academic Health

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Academic Health Vision

To be recognized by our community stakeholders, healthcare professionals and strategic partners as the national leader in advancing academic health through transformational innovation. Our institution is known for being the steward of the community, driving the continuum of support in all areas of health.

Annual Plan Milestones Progress

Strategic Objectives

We achieve leadership in transformational innovation by:

  • Creating an environment where people feel valued in order to attract and engage excellent students, staff, and faculty.
  • Advancing research and discovery to improve the health and care of our community.
  • Providing high value, high quality, state-of-the-art, interprofessional care for ALL members of our community.
  • Committing to continuous improvement in healthcare education by leveraging technology, and promoting interprofessional education & collaborative practice.
  • Serving as an engaged and responsive member of the community.

Critical Tasks

  • Deliver world-class innovation and build a culture of research through collaborative engagement in research with industry, business, government, and the community.
  • Expand collaborative learning experiences to advance person-centered practice through interprofessional team-based learning.
  • Ensure research infrastructure that stimulates educational innovation and collaborative research.
  • Recruit, retain, and recognize research faculty, staff, and students.
  • Produce a practice-ready workforce that makes a lasting impact on community health.
  • Build primary care and population health capabilities by developing and becoming a fully integrated healthcare delivery system.
  • Promote and highlight the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Academic Health Center as stewards of Nevada’s health.
  • Foster a workplace that encourages and promotes health and wellness that fills unmet needs of faculty, students, and staff at Shadow Lane Campus.
  • Add new wellness programs/services to address holistic wellness, both physical and mental wellbeing, of faculty, students, and staff at Shadow Lane Campus and the surrounding community.
  • Build and maintain campus and community partnerships, which enhance faculty, staff, and student health and wellness.
  • Implement population-level health promotion and education on all relevant health topics via evidence-based social marketing and social media efforts.