About – UCI Health Affairs

Who We Are

UC Irvine Health Affairs is a $4.5 billion enterprise encompassing the Susan & Henry Samueli College campaign of Health Sciences (COHS) and UCI Health, the clinical arm of UC Irvine. With a focus on interprofessional education and collaborative practice, the COHS houses schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy and public health, as well as the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute and leading research centers.

Our Vision:One Health

One Health is our unique and nationally recognized interdisciplinary alliance, bringing together experts in medicine, nursing, pharmaceutical sciences, public health and integrative health. This distinctive model empowers Health Affairs to unite over 15,000 faculty and staff across health disciplines, pioneering breakthrough discoveries that cure diseases, advance patient care and support lifelong wellness.

Our Mission:Discover. Teach. Heal.

Our tripartite mission is accelerating the frontiers of knowledge, educating the diverse healthcare workforce of the future, and providing unparalleled patient care. UCI Health supports patients across every stage of life. We have grown into a regional health system with over 1,300 beds, solidifying our capacity to meet the diverse healthcare needs of Southern California. We strive to become the friendliest, most accessible health system in the country.

One Healthin Action

How we care for patients informs what we study and what we teach, allowing for a virtuous cycle of continuous quality improvement – thereby what we provide each day is better than the day before. Our seamless, integrated approach amplifies UC Irvine’s world-class expertise for the ultimate benefit of the community we serve.

Our Strategic Priorities

Five strategic priorities guide the work of the Health Affairs units. Collectively, we embody a learning health system dedicated to continuous quality improvement and innovation that directs our mission: Discover. Teach. Heal. Learn more about each priority and related initiatives.

Educate the Next Generation Healthcare Workforce

A diverse future healthcare workforce is needed to serve communities with cultural expertise; interprofessional education and practice will prepare current and future health workers to work as teams to meet California’s needs.

Discovery and Implementation

Advance health through basic, translational, and clinical research innovations where UC Irvine can uniquely address critical local and national needs.

Accelerate Precision Care

Improve healthcare quality, safety, equity, cost and policy using big data.

Advance Health Equity

Deploy strategies to achieve health equity for individuals, families and communities.

Innovate in Healthcare Service and Lifelong Wellness

Lead the emerging discipline of integrative whole-person health and expand access as a regional provider by creation of UCI Health — Irvine and alliances across Orange County.

More About Our Strategic Priorities

Strength in Numbers

Data source: UC Irvine Office of Academic Planning and Institutional Research, UC Irvine Office of Research, UC Irvine Health Advancement and UCI Health.