Las Vegas, NV – AS UNLV SEEKS SUPPORT FOR A MEDICAL school, much of our advocacy has focused on community impact, and rightly so. Las Vegas is the largest urban area in the United States without a public allopathic medical school. Our lack of such a facility makes it more difficult to deliver the level of high- quality healthcare that Southern Nevada needs and deserves.
But what impact will the medical school have on the university and its research en-deavor?
Simply put, medical schools that per- form research are at the front lines of scien-tific innovation and discovery. They con- duct sophisticated studies on diseases, drugs, and procedures that advance the practice of medicine, and they train their students to think outside the box about es- tablished courses of treatment. They also attract highly motivated faculty and stu- dents — the type of pioneering scientists and scholars who produce breakthroughs with real-world applications and commer- cialization potential.
By Dr. Barbara Atkinson
Medical School Planning Dean
UNLV Innovation
