The school of medicine is among the top of U.S. academic medical centers in total funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In the 2014 fiscal year, the school was awarded $193.4 million in research funding from federal and state agencies, industry and other sources.

The school of medicine curriculum, developed by faculty, aims to cultivate physicians who:

• Set the standards for compassionate, collaborative care.
• Lead the way in socially responsible health care and biomedical sciences locally, nationally, and globally.
• Engage in lifelong learning, discovery and application of innovative knowledge technology and skills in medicine.