Our strategy
The challenges facing us are considerable, but so are the opportunities to tackle them. As a university medical center we have a unique role: we train healthcare professionals, perform innovative research, develop new solutions that contribute thereto, and offer care of an exceptional level. It is through this combination that we add value to people’s lives. At a regional, national, and international level.
To achieve future-proof care more effectively, we must build and organize healthcare, education, and research differently. This is what we mean by transformation. It means that we must think of new solutions, establish links between different subjects and professions, and embrace technology. We cannot do this alone: we must collaborate within strong networks. With colleagues, patients, and students. And with partners in the region, countrywide, and beyond national borders. In this regard, we are working daily on our Connecting Worlds strategy.
Our scientific research is divided into six multidisciplinary programs : Circulatory Health , Brain , Infection & Immunity , Cancer , Child Health and Regenerative Medicine . Our healthcare is integrated into these.
We are accelerating our strategy by focusing specifically on content within these focal points. Our ‘accelerators’ pertain to the following seven areas:
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Healthy living
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Biofabrication & disease modeling
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Molecular science & therapy
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Image-guided interventions
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Integral complex care for children
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Acute complex care
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The New Utrecht School
What makes our education unique, is our educational strategy called The New Utrecht School. Keywords here are: interdisciplinary and inter-professional learning, patient participation, diversity and inclusion, translational medicine and life sciences, resilience and wellbeing, and Planetary Health.
Mission
Our mission is clear: Together we improve human health and create the healthcare of tomorrow.
Vision
This is guided by our vision: Together, we create more value, because every person counts.
View our strategybook for more about our strategy.
