Mission
To improve health and well-being for all through excellence and leadership in teaching and learning, discovery and scholarship, and service and care.
Community Values
Harvard Medical School is a diverse and inclusive community that aspires to fulfill and advance our mission through a commitment to our HMS values.
Collaboration & Service
- We are better together.
- We partner with our local, national, and global communities to alleviate suffering, improve health, and advance health equity.
Diversity & Respect
- We hold that our individual perspectives, talents, experiences, and contributions as members of the HMS community are the foundation and drivers of our mission.
- We act in ways that show consideration and dignity for all.
- We value curiosity, questioning, critical thinking, and reflection and encourage constructive dialogue.
Integrity & Accountability
- We conduct our work honestly and ethically, advancing science and pursuing truth.
- We lead responsibly and hold ourselves, as individuals and as a community, accountable for upholding our mission and values.
- We provide an environment that values open discourse and the importance of individual voices.
Lifelong Learning
- We promote an environment of learning and discovery.
- We strive for excellence through ongoing professional and personal improvement that incorporates constructive feedback.
- We embrace innovation and creative solutions, recognizing that meaningful progress often requires thoughtful risk taking.
We each belong to the HMS community. We are Harvard Medicine.
Diversity
Harvard Medical School is committed to convening and nurturing a diverse community of individuals dedicated to promoting excellence and leadership in medicine and science through education, research, clinical care and service. Our unique perspectives, talents, experiences and contributions as HMS students, trainees, faculty, staff and administrators are the foundation and drivers of our excellence.
We acknowledge the strengths and weaknesses of our history and actively promote social justice, challenge discrimination and address disparities and inequities.
We celebrate the multiple dimensions of diversity that each member of our community offers, including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic circumstance, national origin, geographic background, immigration status, ability and disability, physical characteristics, veteran status, political ideology, religious belief and age.
We provide a safe environment where all members of our community can engage in dialogue, question, learn and contribute to their fullest potential.
We respect the dignity of all members of our community and aspire to ensure that all feel valued and supported.
We provide education and training that emphasize respect for differences in culture, language and life experience and that address both health disparities and the role that implicit and explicit bias can play in decision making.
We prioritize diversity and inclusion as we develop HMS policies, practices and procedures.
We support community engagement and partner with our local, national and global communities to advance the diversity pipeline and eliminate health disparities.
We continuously monitor our diversity and inclusion efforts to ensure that the outcomes bring HMS closer to reflecting the diversity found in our patients, community and nation.
We each belong to the HMS community.
We are Harvard Medicine.