The School of Medicine Difference
UCR is uniquely positioned to offer a new direction in medical school education
The School of Medicine Mission
The mission of the UCR School of Medicine is to improve the health of the people of California and, especially, to serve Inland Southern California by training a diverse workforce of physicians and by developing innovative research and health care delivery programs that will improve the health of the medically underserved in the region and become models to be emulated throughout the state and nation.
The Foundation
UC Riverside is in the most rapidly growing part of the most populous state in the nation and a magnet for a highly diverse and currently underserved population.
UCR has unique assets that comprise a solid foundation in medical education:
- The UCR/UCLA Thomas Haider Program in Biomedical Sciences that currently sends 24 undergraduates annually to the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
- A core of 100 faculty members who currently do research and teach in health-related fields
- A student body that reflects the diverse face of California, rated fifth nationally in diversity by US News & World Report
- UCR has room to grow with ample space for its medical school buildings
- A community that strongly supports a new School of Medicine at UCR
UCR has taken an innovative approach to its development of a School of Medicine.
The distributed clinical model embraced by UC Riverside forges partnerships with existing area hospitals and regional clinics.