Our Vision
The Office of Community Health links communities to resources throughout the health system while encouraging employee corporate responsibility through community involvement.
Duke Health Vision
Duke Health seeks to transform health care, teaching, and research to benefit society. We believe we can accomplish this vision by:
- Making important advances in biomedical science and fundamental research
- Fostering a multidisciplinary environment in the lab and clinic that unites our efforts to prevent illness, treat disease, and care for our patients
- Translating discoveries into clinical practice
- Designing clinical interventions and measuring their effectiveness
- Creating innovative approaches to health and wellness
- Addressing health disparities in our community and around the world
- Sharing our vision and advances globally through wide-reaching programs and collaborations
- Training the scientists, clinical professionals, administrators, and community advocates who will lead this work in the future
- Investing in technologies, tools, infrastructure, and people -- the foundations of success