About school of dentistry

The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry is a worldwide leader in oral health education, clinical care and research that is patient-centered and evidence-based, with a foundation in preventive and public health sciences. We are a part of UI Health and the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago’s largest university and is one of the nation’s top federally funded public research universities. Our strengths are founded in our college community, comprised of outstanding faculty, students and staff who share a commitment to the promise of public education, the advancement of knowledge, and the imperatives of doing good and giving back.

Mission

• To educate oral health professionals and scholars who excel in a complex, multicultural and technologically changing world; •To discover and translate new knowledge at the boundaries of science, transforming oral health care practice, social systems and related technologies for the benefit of individuals, families and communities; •To provide oral and health education & clinical services of the highest quality with an emphasis on enhancing health equity and social justice for individuals and communities; •To prepare health professionals in addressing the challenges of access to care affecting underserved populations; •To collaborate with our urban and rural community partners in mutually beneficial ways; and •To advocate for public policies, perceptions, and practices that lead to inclusion of oral health as an integral part of the interprofessional emphasis on the health of the communities we serve.

Dean

Clark M. Stanford, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.H.A.

Vision

Our vision is to provide excellence in oral health education, research, and service, through improving the health and wellness of our communities, providing exemplary care for our patients, and advancing the knowledge to do so.

Core values

In addition to University’s core values of knowledge, openness, access, excellence, collaboration and caring, The College of Dentistry has unique core values that include: professionalism, respect, beneficence, transparency, responsibility, curiosity, flexibility, commitment and inclusion. •Professionalism regarding the highest ethical principles in our research, teaching and helping those we serve. •Respect regarding the highest level of mutual respect of the person between all members of our communities, •Beneficence regarding the obligation for all college members to strive to do no harm, maximize benefit; minimize harm in a global, multicultural environment, •Transparency regarding all aspects of how the College addresses the vison and missions, •Responsibility regarding the most efficient and effective use of all human and related resources to fulfil our missions, •Curiosity regarding novel educational, research, service ideas leading to new discoveries, •Flexibility regarding how we achieve our aspirations through accountability of outcomes, •Commitment regarding the highest ethical values in serving our students and communities, •Inclusion regarding the role of diversity in engaging students, faculty and staff.

Location

Illinois, United States