Goal 3: Social Responsibility
Serve as an Exemplar for Community Engagement
Jalyce Taylor, one of the Tilman J. Fertitta College of Medicine鈥檚 first graduates, became a physician to provide much-needed care to medically underserved communities.
鈥淚 want to be the physician that knows community resources, knows how to bring people together and knows that health does not just start and end within my clinic, but it鈥檚 a lifestyle that I can help my patients create.鈥�
Taylor is one example of the many students, faculty and staff who will help UH be an exemplar of community engagement. By increasing its social responsibility initiatives, UH can make an impact that will last for generations.
Strategies
Build a coalition of medical and health professionals, health care providers, and students who work with community members to achieve health equity.
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Strengthen our partnership with Historic Third Ward and the city of Houston.
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Infuse and support the culture of volunteerism among students, staff and faculty.
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Support freedom of expression.
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Milestones
Develop a Population Health Complex that leads interdisciplinary population health practice and research to help eliminate health disparities.
UH will continue to partner and collaborate with the Third Ward to strengthen schools, businesses and health care resources.