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CLOSING GAPS: ADVANCING HEALTH

We're working together with our communities to understand and treat evolving healthcare needs and ensure the very best healthcare for all.

And we're training your future doctor, nurse, pharmacist, therapist, and social worker. We're saving lives and improving the quality of life for this generation and those to come.

Our stories

Here are a few of the stories about advancements in health from across our system and about ways we are addressing healthcare disparities:

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From the world's first engineering-based college of medicine, to innovative partnerships with local healthcare leaders, to NIH-funded pioneering research, we have our sights focused on advancing health across the globe.

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Combined, our three universities and healthcare enterprise bring resources, capabilities, and drive that are greater than the sum of their parts - it is altogether extraordinary.

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