Mission | UW School of Public Health

Vision, Mission, Values

Integrity: Adhere to the highest standards of objectivity, professional integrity, and scientific rigor.

Collaboration: Nurture creative, team-based, and interdisciplinary approaches to advancing scientific research and knowledge, and improving population health.

Impact: Evaluate the effectiveness of our efforts, assessing if we have made a difference and learning from our experiences.

Innovation: Create innovative approaches to educating and inspiring students and to answering important public health questions.

Diversity: Embrace and build on diverse perspectives, beliefs, and cultures to promote public health.

Equity: Promote equity and social justice in defining and addressing health and health care.

Excellence: Recognize our school-wide strengths and the contributions of our faculty, staff, and students.

Stewardship: Practice careful stewardship of the trust and resources invested in us.

Courage: Bring courage, passion, and perseverance to advance public health principles in policy discourse.

Healthy people in
sustainable communities –
locally, nationally, and globally.

The UW School of Public Health is dedicated to

education to prepare outstanding, innovative, and diverse public health leaders and scientists;
research to advance public health science and policies; and
service to promote the health and well-being of communities locally, nationally, and globally.