Strategic Roadmap 2025-2027

Under the leadership of Dean Carolyn Meltzer, MD, and with engagement from faculty, staff and students, the Keck School of Medicine 2025-2027 Strategic Roadmap was developed to align and prioritize organizational activities to meet its shared vision: To be the premier destination for those passionate about solving our diverse society’s most complex health challenges.

The Strategic Roadmap is a living document that outlines the ten critical strategic and foundational priorities to achieve over the three-year period. It also recognizes that the dynamic academic and healthcare environment in which we operate requires a nimble plan that can adjust and evolve to accommodate new opportunities or unexpected roadblocks.  The Keck School of Medicine leadership team reviews the plan regularly to ensure that the priorities are on track and aligned with our mission, vision, and values.

The Strategic Roadmap Structure

The roadmap is grounded in Keck’s four foundational mission areas of research, education, patient care, and community. Our people – faculty, staff, students, and patients – are positioned in the center as our institution and roadmap are built by and with the dynamic, creative, and cohesive talent base that we serve.  Each of the foundational mission areas are integrated cornerstones that guide our path.  The roadmap is grounded in our shared mission, vision, and values.

Keck School of Medicine Priority Initiatives 2025-2027

Following input of a robust intake and engagement process, Keck School leadership identified ten priority initiatives – six strategic and four foundational – to achieve by 2027 in pursuit of our vision “to be the premier destination for those passionate about solving our diverse society’s most complex health challenges.” Each of the initiatives align with achievement of one or more of the goals of the strategic areas of Research, Education, Patient Care and Community.

Strategic Initiatives are those which will differentiate Keck School of Medicine and advance its position as a destination medical school and research institution:

1. Implement the research expansion plan, including adding capacity, recruitment of transformative faculty recruitment and align the research organizational structure with strategic direction. (Research)
2. Drive interdisciplinary collaboration and promote convergent research and education within Keck School, with units and schools across USC, other academic institutions, industry, and government agencies. (Research, Education)
3. Launch the Collaborate to Innovate platform as a catalyst to encourage and support the entire innovation continuum at Keck School. (Research, Patient Care)
4. Transform the educational experience for our medical students to enable personalized, innovative educational programming and minimize obstacle of student debt. (Education)
5. Establish and the Keck SOM GME office and launch residency programs, integrating research and innovation. (Education, Patient Care)
6. Work with community leaders to align our efforts across the School and USC to maximize the impact on the health of our community. (Community)

Foundational Initiatives are enhancements to infrastructure, systems and processes which are foundational in achieving our goals and vision.

7. Partner with healthcare system to enable clinical innovation and translational research. (Research, Patient Care)
8. Invest in an education infrastructure to support both educators and students in a vibrant setting. (Education)
9. Invest in infrastructure and programming to support the career advancement of a diverse workforce. (Education, Research)
10. Modernize how data is accessed and shared to facilitate decision making and maximize utilization of our resources. (Research, Education, Community)