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Strategic Planning 2023-28

UTHSC is currently shaping our next strategic plan, which will guide our institution from 2023 to 2028. This site is intended to provide some insight to our campus and stakeholders as we go through this process. We also welcome feedback along the way, as we strive to create a thoughtful strategic plan – with updated mission, vision, and values – that will allow our campus to focus efforts and resources in a more strategic and efficient manner.

Current Working Draft

Between Monday, March 6, and Friday, March 31, the Strategic Planning Workgroups want the proposed strategic plan for 2023-28 to be viewed and discussed by as many faculty, staff, and students across our campuses and state as possible!

You are invited to attend the Strategic Planning Town Hall on Friday, March 31, at 12:00 pm, CDT. Please join us in person in the General Education Building, room A102, if you are on the Memphis campus – and enjoy lunch on us before the event at 11:30 am, CDT! The Town Hall will also be live streamed via Zoom.

Please RSVP if you will be joining us in person, so we can account for space and food. Those planning to join via Zoom will need to register for the link.

Attend the Town Hall

Below you can access the current working draft of the strategic plan AND a form to submit your anonymous feedback directly to the operational workgroup.

Strategic Plan Draft (March 2023)
Submit Your Feedback

We would greatly appreciate an invitation to any small or large group meeting on any of our UTHSC campuses that you have scheduled between March 6-31. We will tailor our presentation and discussion to the amount of time that you can give us. Request a presentation with the form below.

Request a Strategic Plan Presentation

Refer to accordion directly following image for information about the Strategic Pillars

UTHSC Strategic Pillars

The Pillars:

  • Pillar #1: Enhancing Educational Excellence
  • Pillar #2: Expanding Research and Scholarship
  • Pillar #3: Advancing the HEalth of Tennesseans
  • Pillar #4: Engaging Tennessee Communities
  • Pillar #5: Developing Talent and Resources

Cross-cutting:

  • Campus Culture and Work Environment
  • Communications
  • Data and Data Governance
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Philanthropy

Foundation for all pillars:

  • Mission, Vision and Values

Updated Mission, Vision, and Values

The updated Mission, Vision, and Values were approved by the UTHSC Advisory Board during their January 2023 meeting. They will be proposed to the UT Board of Trustees as part of the larger strategic plan for 2023-28 at the June 2023 meeting.

Mission

Transforming lives through collaborative and inclusive education, research/scholarship, clinical care, and public service.

Vision

Healthy Tennesseans. Thriving Communities.

Values

B: Bold and impactful
E: Embrace Diversity

O: Optimistic and visionary
N: Nimble and innovative
E: Excel in all we do

U: United and connected
T: Transparent and trusted
H: Health focused
S: Science driven
C: Caring and professional

Timeline of Phases in the Process

Phase Dates
Phase 1: Environmental Assessment January – September 2022
Phase 2: Mission, Vision, Values July – October 2022
Phase 3: Work Groups – Goals September – October 2022
Phase 4a: Work Groups – Strategy and Metric Development October – December 2022
Phase 4b: Systematic Review across Work Group Products December 2022 – February 2023
Phase 5: Draft Plan and Implementation and Operating Plan February 2023 – March 2023
Phase 6: Broad Review and Comments March 2023
Phase 7: Finalize Plan March – April 2023
Phase 8: Presentation for Approval Advisory Board  May 2023
Board of Trustees June 2023

Timeline of Meetings in the Process

  2022 2023
 May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December  January  February  March  April  May  June
Mission, Vision, Values Work Group         X                  
Work Group Meetings           X X X            
Strategic Plan Session with Co-Chairs         X                  
Strategic Plan Town Hall         X           X      
Steering Committee Meeting                   X        
Health Science Center Advisory Board X     X     X   X       X  
UT Board of Trustees                           X

Strategic Planning Town Hall, September 13, 2022

Strategic Planning Workgroups

Campus Culture and Work Environment Workgroup
  • Chandra Alston, Vice Chancellor, Human Resources (co-chair)
  • Kristi Forman, Director, Faculty Affairs (co-chair)
  • Elvys Ferrufino, College of Dentistry student organization president; SGAEC representative
  • Erinn Finke, Associate Professor, Audiology and Speech Pathology, College of Health Professions – Knoxville
  • Rachel George, Clinical Coordinator, College of Nursing
  • Marlon Hall, Financial Coordinator, College of Medicine
  • Arley (Clete) Knight, Deputy Chief, Campus Police
  • Tia Kofahl, Director, Student Academic Support Services and Inclusion
  • Andrea Kolen, Director, Space Planning and Utilization
  • Amy Paganelli, Assistant Dean, Finance and Administration, College of Medicine – Knoxville
  • Trent Pitts, Director, Business Contracts, Finance
  • Tayebeh Pourmotabbed, Professor, College of Medicine; Immediate Past-President Faculty Senate
  • Brad Terhune, Team Leader, Information Technology Services
  • Ray West, Project Manager, Architecture and Planning
  • Mona Wicks, Professor and Chair, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, College of Nursing
Clinical Care and Partnerships Workgroup
  • From External Review of UTHSC’s Vital Partnerships, May – June 2022, Oliver Wyman Consultant Group
Communications Workgroup
  • Sally Badoud, Vice Chancellor, Communications and Marketing (co-chair)
  • Dustin Fulton, Assistant Dean, Admissions, College of Medicine (co-chair)
  • Wesley Byerly, Senior Associate Vice Chancellor, Research and Administration
  • Terry Cooper, Faculty Senate Computing, Technology, and Communications Committee Co-chair, College of Medicine
  • Martin Donaldson, Faculty Senate Legislative Resources Committee Co-chair, College of Dentistry
  • Joanne Morrow, Captain, Accreditation and Clery Coordinator, Campus Police
  • Jeremy Park, Chief Executive Officer, CityCURRENT
  • Peggy Reisser, Strategic Communications Manager, Communications and Marketing
  • Chandra Tuggle, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Alumni Affairs
  • James Wheeler, Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy – Knoxville
  • Jackie Wise, Director of Communications, University of Tennessee Foundation
Data and Data Governance Workgroup
  • Todd Barber, Director, Enterprise Applications and Data Services, Information Technology Services (co-chair)
  • Judith Nyabando, Director, Chief Data Officer (co-chair)
  • Mike Ebbs, Associate Vice Chancellor, Finance
  • Andrea Franks, Professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy – Knoxville
  • Jeanne Hermann, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Electronic Research Administration
  • Kirk Hevener, Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
  • Charisse Madlock, Associate Professor, Diagnostic and Health Sciences, College of Health Professions
  • Brittney Murray, Senior Administrative Services Assistant, Human Resources
  • Lyndsay Pittman, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Enrollment Management
  • Satya Surbhi, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
  • Derek Wilcox, Director, Medical Education and Quality Improvement, College of Medicine
  • Siamak Yousefi, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, College of Medicine
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workgroup
  • Michael Alston, Associate Vice Chancellor, Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity (co-chair)
  • Stephanie Lancaster, Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy, College of Health Professions (co-chair)
  • James Carson, Senior Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, College of Health Professions
  • Connie Childs, Director, International Affairs
  • Cassandra Christensen, Director, School-Based Programs and Community Outreach, College of Dentistry
  • Alicia Diaz-Thomas, Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs, College of Medicine
  • Kenneth Hohmeier, Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy – Nashville
  • Mark Miller, Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, College of Medicine
  • Eliane Pater, Student Affairs Specialist, Student Affairs and Community Engagement
  • Cierra Richmond, Recruiting Assistant, Human Resources
Education and Accreditation Workgroup
  • Allen Dupont, Director, Institutional Effectiveness (co-chair)
  • Tom Laughner, Director, Teaching and Learning Center (co-chair)
  • Alexa Alana, Doctor of Medicine student, College of Medicine
  • Renetta Bell, Banner Development Team Leader, Information Technology Services
  • Bobby Bellflower, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Director, College of Nursing
  • Kristen Bettin, Senior Assistant Dean, Clinical Curriculum, College of Medicine
  • Neale Chumbler, Executive Associate Dean, Academic, Faculty, and Student Affairs, College of Health Professions
  • MaryAnn Clark, Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs
  • Kathy Gibbs, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Academic Support Services and Inclusion
  • Liz Hall, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic, Faculty, and Student Affairs
  • Aaron Haynes, Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical Education
  • Tara Lemoine, Executive Director, Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation
  • Mark Scarbecz, Associate Dean, Institutional Affairs, College of Dentistry
  • Richard Smith, Associate Professor, College of Medicine, Faculty Senate Education Committee Chair
Mission, Vision, and Values Workgroup
Operational Workgroup
  • Sally Badoud, Vice Chancellor, Communications and Marketing
  • MaryAnn Clark, Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs
  • Allen Dupont, Director, Institutional Effectiveness
  • Liz Hall, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic, Faculty, and Student Affairs
  • Dan Harder, Vice Chancellor, Information Technology Services
  • Jean Perdicaris, Assistant to the Vice Chancellor, Academic, Faculty, and Student Affairs
  • Cindy Russell, Vice Chancellor, Academic, Faculty, and Student Affairs
Oversight/Approval Committee
  • Peter Buckley, Chancellor 
  • Ken Brown, Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operations Officer
  • Tony Ferrara, Senior Vice Chancellor, Finance
  • Cindy Russell, Vice Chancellor, Academic, Faculty, and Student Affairs
Philanthropy Workgroup
  • Greg Harris, Senior Director of Development (co-chair)
  • Love Collins, Former Vice Chancellor, Alumni Affairs and Development (co-chair)
  • Mike Ebbs, Associate Vice Chancellor, Finance
  • Michael Carter, Assistant Vice President, Advancement Services, University of Tennessee Foundation
  • Greg Harris, Senior Director of Development, Development and Alumni Affairs
  • Linda Henley, Assistant Director of Administration, Development and Alumni Affairs
  • Michael Charles Mitchell, Doctor of Physical Therapy student, College of Health Professions
  • Jay Ragain, Dean, College of Dentistry
  • Scott Strome, Executive Dean, College of Medicine
  • Chandra Tuggle, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Alumni Affairs
Public Service and Community Engagement Workgroup
  • Sarah Rhoads, Chair, Department of Community and Population Health, College of Nursing (co-chair)
  • Charlie Snyder, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Success (co-chair)
  • Chance Arnold, Doctor of Physical Therapy student, College of Health Professions
  • Isaac Donkor, Associate Dean, College of Graduate Health Sciences
  • Alex Feliz, Associate Professor and Director, College of Medicine
  • Denis Foretia, Director, UTHSC Center for Multicultural and Global Health, College of Medicine
  • Tracy Hagemann, Professor and Associate Dean-Nashville, College of Pharmacy – Nashville
  • Vikki Massey, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Information Technology Services
  • Mukta Panda, Assistant Dean, Well-Being and Medical Student Education, College of Medicine – Chattanooga
  • Shelby Stonecipher, Director of Volunteer Memphis and Community Outreach, Leadership Memphis
  • Orpheus Triplett, Assistant Dean, Community Oral Health and Outreach, College of Dentistry
  • Holly Vue, Doctor of Pharmacy student, College of Pharmacy – Knoxville
Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Workgroup
  • Kenneth Ataga, Director, Center for Sickle Cell Disease (co-chair)
  • Monica Jablonski, Associate Dean, Postdoctoral Affairs, College of Graduate Health Sciences (co-chair)
  • James Bailey, Professor, College of Medicine
  • James Carson, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies; Professor, College of Health Professions
  • Saurin Chokshi, Assistant Professor, College of Medicine
  • Sam Dagogo-Jack, Senior Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research; Professor, College of Medicine
  • Sara Day, Assistant Dean, Center for Community and Global Partnerships; Professor, College of Nursing
  • Alex Dopico, Professor and Department Chair, College of Medicine
  • Evan Glazer, Associate Professor, College of Medicine
  • Neil Hayes, Director, UTHSC Center for Cancer Research; Professor, College of Medicine
  • George Huang, Professor, College of Dentistry
  • Karen Johnson, Chair and Endowed Professor, College of Medicine
  • Colleen Jonsson, Director, Regional Biocontainment Laboratory; Director, Institute for the Study of Host-Pathogen Systems; Professor, Van Vleet Chair of Excellence in Virology, College of Medicine
  • Wei Li, Director, College of Pharmacy Drug Discovery Center; UTHSC Distinguished Professor, College of Pharmacy
  • Giuseppe Pizzorno, Professor and Associate Dean of Research, College of Medicine – Chattanooga; Chief Research Officer, Erlanger Health System
  • Todd Ponzio, Vice President, University of Tennessee Research Foundation
  • Brion Randolph, Associate Professor, College of Medicine
  • Geoffrey Smallwood, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Medical Education – Nashville
  • Valeria Vasquez, Associate Professor, College of Medicine
  • Jon Wall, Director of Research, Graduate School of Medicine; UTHSC Distinguished Professor, College of Medicine – Knoxville
Steering Committee
  • Peter Buckley, Chancellor (co-sponsor)
  • Cindy Russell, Vice Chancellor, Academic, Faculty, and Student Affairs (co-sponsor)
  • Chandra Alston, Vice Chancellor, Human Resources 
  • Stephen Alway, Dean, College of Health Professions
  • Sally Badoud, Vice Chancellor, Communications and Marketing
  • Brad Boucher, Interim Dean, College of Pharmacy
  • Ken Brown, Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operations Officer
  • Nancy Coffee, Senior Vice President, Chairman’s Circle, Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce
  • Robert Craft, Interim Dean, Graduate School of Medicine
  • Elizabeth Evans, SGAEC President
  • Tony Ferrara, Senior Vice Chancellor, Finance
  • Wesley Byerly, Interim Vice Chancellor, Research
  • Dan Harder, Vice Chancellor, Information Technology Services
  • James Haynes, Dean, College of Medicine – Chattanooga
  • Charley Deal, Interim Vice Chancellor, Alumni Affairs and Development
  • Wendy Likes, Dean, College of Nursing
  • Emily Capadalis Love, UT Alumni Association Past President
  • Jillian McCarthy, Faculty Senate President
  • Dorothea Owens, Exempt Staff Council
  • Jay Ragain, Dean, College of Dentistry
  • Scott Strome, Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs, Executive Dean, College of Medicine
  • Don Thomason, Dean, Graduate Health Sciences
Mar 16, 2023