Strategic Initiatives 2021-2026

In 2021, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus embarked on a new set of strategic initiatives to guide the next phase of our development, and we are proud of the progress we are making.

These five initiatives were developed with the input of hundreds of members of our campus community, and they reflect our shared commitment to keeping CU Anschutz at the forefront of innovation in all of our mission areas.

Intended to take our campus into 2026 and beyond, these initiatives are bold and they are ambitious. They were built on a robust foundation of priorities including growth and investment in clinical excellence, research funding, innovation, mental health and wellness, and efforts to elevate the visibility and reputation of our campus as a medical destination.

Together, these priorities and initiatives stand as guideposts on our path to what is next for CU Anschutz and help drive our forward momentum.

On this website, you can learn about these strategic initiatives, our activities and achievements to date, and our measures of success for the future.

I hope you are inspired by these efforts and where we are heading as a leader and innovator. We are tremendously grateful to all of those who are making these initiatives reality, and whose work moves our mission forward for the benefit of our campus community and those we serve.

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Donald M. Elliman, Jr.
Chancellor

The future of healthcare is in the harmonization and smart application of data. We will build an integrated data infrastructure by investing in data analytics, health AI and bioinformatics.

By closely coordinating the vast amounts of information available to our work, we bring real-time data to our fingertips and make vital insights more accessible. Integrating data will help us uncover possibilities in research and patient care to improve more lives across the Rocky Mountain region and beyond. Creating a stronger data infrastructure will also give us an opportunity to monitor our success and hold ourselves accountable to our goals.

Working across disciplines is key to the continued success of CU Anschutz. In coming years, the campus will work to accelerate collaboration and speed breakthroughs to market.

CU Anschutz is investing in efforts to create new partnerships and pathways to propel research discoveries. In coming years, the campus will step up the collaboration across disciplines already taking place on campus and attract more industry partners interested in fostering innovation, entrepreneurship and delivery of patient care.

At our core, we are an academic medical campus supporting learners to be the best in the healthcare workforce.

Connecting existing student support services and scaling up others will help ensure future leaders training here benefit from a strong sense of  belonging and thrive in an environment that promotes wellness. Growing our base of services and making resources for mental health and wellness easy to access will help us accomplish this goal.

As our campus continues to expand and attract the best and the brightest students, we are also committed to investing in their success. We plan to make the CU Anschutz Medical Campus a welcoming and accessible destination for all learners.

One of our primary missions on this campus is to save and improve lives – not just in Colorado, but across the region, country and globe. Ensuring that  patients are informed and have access to the resources they need to make  educated decisions about their own care is a big part of how we do that.

Working closely with UCHealth, Children’s Hospital Colorado and other healthcare partners, we will make medicine easier and more accessible for  patients.

By bringing the latest and best technologies to improve access and care - telehealth, e-consults, remote monitoring and more - we will empower our  patients by giving them the tools to navigate their own care and by putting their own data to work for them.

Our people are our greatest asset. By investing in their growth and development, we help them reach even greater heights.

Over the next several years, we will identify new ways to help our  employees advance in lasting, fulfilling careers within the University of Colorado system. That is why we will be designing career pathways to expand access to employment, inspire professional growth, promote mental health and wellness and accelerate career advancement.

We will also be pursuing hiring practices that broaden our candidate pool to attract the best and brightest, as well as evaluating innovative approaches to tenure and promotion.

Every day, the CU Anschutz Medical Campus impacts individuals in the surrounding community and the Rocky Mountain West with cutting-edge research, innovative patient care at its top-ranked hospitals, and world-class educational programs in the health sciences. In addition to these contributions, CU Anschutz strives to be a good neighbor and contribute to the health, wealth, and well-being of the communities it touches, particularly in its home of Aurora.

Did you know? Over 600K Coloradans are served by CU providers in community health clinics and 200+ students participate in career pathway programs each year!