BIOE’s values are at the core of its identity, culture, and success. These values inform how each member conducts their work and propels the department forward in achieving its mission and goals.
• Integrity First: Uphold and exemplify the highest standards of scientific and academic ethics; treat others with respect; pursue research for the common good.
• Excellence Always: Strive for the highest standards in research, scholarship, and education.
• Scientific Entrepreneurship: Seek out solutions, do work that helps others, and deliver scientific innovations to those who need it; harness research, industry, and the market to change the world.
• Diversity of Thought: Respect, include, and support others with different backgrounds, attributes, skills, and status; encourage diverse ideas to drive creativity, innovation, and translation.
• Collaborative Innovation: Nurture a collegial culture that promotes collaboration with academic colleagues and industry partners to create research synergies, inspire innovation, and accelerate translation.
Our five overarching goals and our emphasis around each for the next five years are described below:
1) Grow and Focus Our Research Portfolio: Grow and diversify funding support, collaboration, and partnerships, while identifying scientific domains of excellence on which to focus.
2) Accelerate Technology Translation: Foster partnerships and processes to accelerate translation while emphasizing problem-focused research that addresses real-world challenges.
3) Engage Our Community: Strengthen our community impact, expand internal and external communications efforts to highlight successes, and enhance our reputation locally, nationally, and internationally.
4) Promote Educational Excellence: Attract top-tier students passionate about research and provide curriculum, programs, and mentorship that prepare all students for career success, including scientific and entrepreneurial achievement.
5) Cultivate Enduring Collegiality: Continually strengthen and evolve our collegial culture to enable synergies that inspire and foster scientific collaboration and teamwork.
