Vision
The School of Public Health Sciences (SPHS) aspires to improve and enhance the health and well-being of individuals, communities and populations.
Our mission
The mission of the School is to provide high quality and rigorous educational programs for students and lifelong learners in public health sciences; conduct impactful, multidisciplinary and transformative research that addresses current and emerging health challenges, and foster leadership at the interface of society, health and technology.
Our values
The School is committed to educational and research programs that motivate people to think critically and act meaningfully, to be agents for constructive change, and to pursue health equity and social justice for all. We celebrate diversity and embrace programs that engage communities from local to global. We challenge the social and structural factors that undermine health, including but not limited to structural bias, social inequities, and 'isms' such as ageism and systemic racism. We value a healthy workplace that fosters well-being for members of our School community.
Strategic priorities
The School will accomplish its mission through implementation of five strategic priorities:
- Strategic plan priority 1: Sustain, develop, and implement high-quality and innovative programs that prepare learners for future success.
- Strategic plan priority 2: Continually improve conditions for positive learning and working experiences for students, faculty and staff.
- Strategic plan priority 3: Conduct and support high-quality and impactful research across public health sciences.
- Strategic plan priority 4: Maintain an effective, transparent, inclusive and responsive administrative infrastructure.
- Strategic plan priority 5: Engage productively with our communities, from local to global.
Implementation plans
Each strategic priority entails one or more goals as well as specific objectives to meet these goals. Here we point to consequential or entailed actions as being guided by “implementation plans.”