Health Sciences and Services
Health Sciences and Services (HSS) provides leadership and strategic direction to advance the education, research, and public service programs of the University's health sciences instructional system and clinical enterprise. In addition, HSS supports and promotes strategic and operational initiatives at the academic medical centers, which are reflective of and responsive to their local/regional competitive healthcare markets and dynamic needs.
The department's activities include:
- Representing and supporting the University's health profession schools of: dentistry, medicine, nursing, optometry, pharmacy, public health, and veterinary medicine in areas of planning, development, funding, and collaboration
- Overseeing and coordinating the business and financial activities of the clinical enterprise, including: mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, contracting, product line development, strategic sourcing, operational improvement, and related capital and investment activities necessary to support this more than $4.4 billion annual enterprise
- Developing and responding to state and federal policy programs aimed to improve health sciences education, clinical care, and medical research