Mission

The School of Pharmacy is dedicated to the education of innovative pharmacists who are collaborative, competent problem-solvers serving the needs of individual patients, communities, populations, healthcare systems, and the pharmaceutical industry. Our program cultivates future pharmacy leaders who will ensure ethical, safe, effective, accessible, and equitable use of medications.

Vision

The School of Pharmacy (SOP) will prepare graduates who are leaders among healthcare professionals dedicated to delivering advanced personally-optimized patient care and the translation of applied and clinical science breakthroughs to enhance the quality of life. We will work to better society by developing innovative, collaborative, culturally competent, articulate, and caring healthcare professionals.

Core Values

We believe in:

  • Professionalism and patient-centeredness
  • Respect for others and cultural humility
  • An interactive learning environment
  • Collaborative interactions and independent growth
  • Reflective development
  • Evidence-based decision making
  • Entrepreneurial approach to practice
  • Ethical and responsible behaviors
  • Interdisciplinary translational and applied research
  • Shared governance

Goals

  • Recruit, retain, and educate highly qualified students with diverse backgrounds,
    who will be professional, motivated, ethical, and culturally sensitive leaders
  • Recruit, develop, and retain highly qualified faculty with diverse backgrounds, who
    are forward thinking and leaders in education, professionalism, and clinical
    industry settings
  • Use innovative and active techniques to provide an academic program that fosters
    critical thinking, problem-solving, clinical reasoning, and self-directed learning skills
  • Collaborate with leaders of the health care and bioscience industries to inform
    curricular development to provide graduates with cutting-edge knowledge and
    skills to advance the practice
  • Prepare graduates to utilize pharmacogenomics, operations management,
    informatics, and technology to practice effectively in a wide variety of currently
    existing and potential future roles in hospitals and medical centers, community
    pharmacy settings, academia, government, and the biopharmaceutical industry
  • Produce graduates who can communicate effectively with patients, caregivers, and
    healthcare, regulatory, and industrial professionals
  • Promote interprofessional education and cooperation among pharmacy, healthcare
    professionals, and other biopharmaceutical professionals
  • Sustain a culture of professionalism and collegiality in relationships among and
    between faculty, students, and professionals
  • Demonstrate a commitment to minimizing health and educational disparities in
    underrepresented communities and show sensitivity to the needs of a diverse
    community
  • Develop and maintain a research infrastructure that promotes collaboration,
    innovation, and discovery in the educational, basic, translational, clinical, and
    computational sciences to enhance healthcare
  • Promote life-long learning through participation in professional development,
    organizations, and publications
  • Utilize continuous quality improvement through assessment