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The Campaign for MSM

IMPACT – The World Needs What We Do Best

For more than four decades, MSM has educated
and graduated the healthcare learners and leaders
our nation needs most. The majority serve in
primary care and more than half practice in
underserved communities. This work has not gone
unnoticed; a national study twice named MSM
as the top medical school for fulfilling the social
mission of medical education.
Today, we are:
• Expanding the number of students enrolled in
our Master’s, PhD, and MD programs;
• Adding new degrees to meet the evolving needs
of the healthcare workforce;
• Revolutionizing care delivery;
• Making breakthroughs in research;
• Pioneering clinical innovations; and
• Connecting with the community to make a
difference.
To fund all of this progress, growth, and change,
MSM is undertaking a multi-year, $150-million What We Do Best
comprehensive campaign called IMPACT: The
World Needs What We Do Best, which will launch
in the Spring of 2021.
The Campaign will be led by Co-Chairs —
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UPS
David Abney and Larry Renfro, Vice Chairman of
UnitedHealth Group and Founding and Managing
Partner of Optum Ventures.
An impressive group of nationally and
internationally recognized business, political,
and civic leaders have been assembled to provide
addtional leadership. The Council includes
Honorary Chairs Dr. Louis and Mrs. Ginger
Sullivan, Dr. David Satcher, Ms. Billye Suber Aaron,
and Ambassador Andrew and Mrs. Carolyn Young.
MSM also has created five Strategic Councils,
each focusing on one of the Campaign’s strategic
initiatives: Clinical Innovation, Community Service,
Education, Pipeline Programs, and Research
Excellence.
The goal of the Campaign is to permanently
raise the long-term fundraising capacity of the
school. Investments will fund scholarships, faculty
research, capital construction, and other projects
that ensure our students succeed to graduation —
all while keeping top-of-mind MSM’s mission to
create and advance healthcare equity.