Create Pathways for Translating Outstanding Science into Local and Global Health Impact
We will both conduct world-class research and develop entrepreneurial frameworks that use our scholarship to tangibly improve societal well-being.
Initiatives
Initiative #1a: Motivate world-class science that advances human health, today and tomorrow
- Optimize incentive structures and systems to reward rigor, creativity, and impact
- Develop and support novel funding mechanisms for topical research (including emergent research on health crises and core research areas)
- Revise our structure and support for research centers [with a commitment to working on the 4 scholarly areas of focus, in addition to existing strengths]
Initiative #1b: Build organizational capacity through a “Future of Health” innovation hub, to facilitate the translation of science into systems change
- Define new approaches to and metrics for public health entrepreneurialism, in collaboration with an advisory board of health leaders from commercial, non-profit, and policy sectors
- Develop coursework and coaching that builds students' and faculty members' skills and knowledge regarding health entrepreneurialism
- Establish corporate and philanthropic partnerships to ensure sustainability of health solutions
Initiative #1c: Grow our influence on policy and the public sector, locally, nationally, and globally
- Develop a YSPH-in-DC presence
- Expand trainings and coursework in advocacy and policy change
- Expand the number of dedicated policy/advocacy partnerships for students and faculty
- Serve as a validator and convener for novel public sector health capabilities
- Deepen existing policy relationships in Connecticut
Initiative #1d: Enhance our community-first focus
- Engage community members in structured, ongoing ways to ensure that research is useful, usable, reciprocal, and impactful
Quick Links
- IntroductionAn introduction letter to the YSPH Strategic Plan from Dean Megan Ranney
- Create Pathways for Translating Outstanding Science into Local and Global Health ImpactWe will both conduct world-class research and develop entrepreneurial frameworks that use our scholarship to tangibly improve societal well-being.
- Educate Generations of Public Health LeadersWe will ensure our students excel in understanding, conducting, and using rigorous science to advance population-level health.
- Foster Interconnected, Inclusive, and Interdisciplinary Public Health Communities, Within and Beyond YaleWe will invest in building resilient public health communities in our school, at Yale, in New Haven, Connecticut, and beyond.
- Shape the Future of Public Health Data Science & Artificial IntelligenceWe will meld ethics and equity with cutting-edge methods to shape how health-oriented data science is structured and used.
- Enhance Trust in the Science and Practice of Public HealthWe will support our students, faculty members, alumni, staff, and external partners in serving as trusted spokespeople for, and translators of, public health science.
- Achieve Strategic Imperatives through Operational and Financial ExcellenceWe will strengthen the administrative and financial management systems that are fundamental to our ability to achieve our mission.