Launched in the fall of 2007 by Dean Jeffrey Flier, the HMS Strategic Planning Process was designed to compare “our present state against our highest aspirations, to look ahead five to 15 years and seek to identify areas—existing and new—where HMS has the opportunity both to improve itself and to lead” in teaching and research.



Members of the Quad faculty, teaching affiliates, and the broader Harvard community are participating in five advisory groups engaged in a collaborative effort to conduct an honest self-assessment of the School and make recommendations based on their findings. Throughout the planning process, the entire Harvard Medical community was encouraged to submit ideas and comments on the work-in-progress.