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UW SCHOOL OF PHARMACY: 5-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN (2026-2031)

The UW School of Pharmacy’s 2026–2031 Strategic Plan sets clear priorities for education, research, service, and community.

VISION

We will be a global leader in pharmacy education, research, and service, dedicated to improving the health and well-being of people. We are committed to providing a transformative learning experience in an innovative, collaborative, and welcoming environment.

MISSION

Inspiring Education: Provide exceptional, innovative training, from undergraduate through graduate studies and post-graduate training, for future pharmacy professionals and scientists.

Discovering Solutions: Advance the science, development, implementation, policies, and outcomes of health care.

Serving Our Community: Promote the health and well-being of our community and the public, in Washington State and beyond.

VALUES

Our values shape the unique identity and character of our School.  Respect, integrity, and compassion for our entire community are at the heart of all that we do.

WE BELIEVE IN:

  • A passion for scientific inquiry, learning, and excellence in every endeavor
  • Integration and synergy of research with high-quality education programs
  • Collaboration among students, faculty, staff, and community partners
  • Embracing all perspectives, beliefs, and cultures to serve our patients, communities, and public health
  • Celebrating scholarship, achievements, and successes
  • Accountability and efficiency in stewarding the public resources, serving for the greater good

UNPARALLELED EDUCATION: Ensure an innovative student experience in a forward-looking and exemplary learning environment

  • Train future pharmacists who will advance the profession of pharmacy, engaging them with a dynamic curriculum that is grounded in the fundamentals of pharmaceutical science and emphasizes experiential learning and innovative solutions to real-world challenges.
  • Cultivate the next generation of scientists who will drive drug discovery & development, and lead scientific inquiries that will influence health policy and improve health.
  • Strengthen the foundation of academic and professional excellence through expanded & accessible undergraduate, professional, and graduate degree and certificate programs.

LIFE-CHANGING RESEARCH: Efficiently advance research initiatives that embrace new technology and enable innovative solutions to the evolving needs of patients and society

  • Prioritize advancing scientific research informed by societal health care needs.
  • Seed innovative, translational, and collaborative research initiatives and technologies, and stimulate commercialization of our important discoveries.
  • Harness the transformative power of technology and artificial intelligence to enrich learning, accelerate research breakthroughs, and elevate professional practice.

SERVICE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD: Improve population health through targeted and meaningful public service

  • Advance the pharmacy profession to promote compassionate, coordinated, and systematic outreach to improve the health and well-being of all people.
  • Advocate for increasing access to health care by reducing pharmacy deserts and increasing access to pharmaceutical care services, especially in underserved and marginalized communities.
  • Leverage our expertise and scholarship to better serve and support our communities.

PREEMINENT STUDENTS, FACULTY, and STAFF: Attract and support a community committed to a culture of respect, excellence, and collaboration

  • Attract, support, and retain talented and highly effective faculty, staff, and trainees who excel as leaders, collaborators, scientists, and providers of patient-centered care.
  • Support, engage, and grow high-quality and innovative professional and scientific training sites.
  • Cultivate an accessible and broadly welcoming and supportive community that inspires successful learning, promotes well-being, and rewards partnerships, and cross-disciplinary collaborations.

LEADERS IN HEALTH CARE AND SCIENCES: Shape the future of health care, biomedical discovery, and health policy

  • Catalyze transformation in the professional identity of pharmacy practitioners and drive the full integration of pharmacists as key providers within the health care workforce.
  • Publicly promote and demonstrate the School’s innovative research that drives new drug discoveries, advances science, and positively impacts individual and public health and science.
  • Advance accessible, affordable, and patient-centered care by influencing health care delivery and health policy at the state, national, and global levels to improve health.