RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE GROWTH
$1.2 MILLION
DIABETES INSTITUTE ESTABLISHED
Infrastructure strengthened through research faculty hires
and shared equipment purchases. Education, clinical care
and community outreach programs expanded.
OFFICE OF RURAL & UNDERSERVED
PROGRAMS AND THE RURAL & UNDERSERVED
PATHWAYS PROGRAM LAUNCHED
planned research equipment
infrastructure investments to
support the college’s research
strategy generally and the
Diabetes Institute strategy
specifically.
$17 MILLION
research endowment
strategy launched
CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL
RESEARCH UNIT FOUNDED
PRIMARY
CARE
RESEARCH
Created a primary care research strategy and
launched the Office of Primary Care Research
Initiatives supporting current and anticipated new
primary care faculty researchers.
OFFICE OF ADVANCED STUDIES ESTABLISHED
D.O./Ph.D. program expanded
D.O./M.S., D.O./M.B.A., D.O./B.M.E. and D.O./M.P.H.
dual degree programs established
Ph.D. Graduate Assistance Program created
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY
ADVANCEMENT FELLOWSHIPS DOUBLED
NEW MOBILE
HERITAGE COMMUNITY
CLINIC PURCHASED
Over 140 new faculty and staff positions
filled across all three campuses and
clinical education sites since June 2012