Office of Academic Clinical Affairs

WE ARE TACKLING HEALTH CARE CHALLENGES IN NEW AND IMAGINATIVE WAYS

The Office of Academic Clinical Affairs (OACA) is a Vice Presidential unit that provides leadership of and is home to key academic units that facilitate clinical research and clinical training at the University of Minnesota.

70 percent of Minnesota’s health care providers train at the University of Minnesota
Our health care professionals and trainees see more than 1 million patients each year at our hospitals & clinics
1500 clinical training partnerships across Minnesota
In 2018, 51% of the University of Minnesota's research awards were granted to the health sciences
Our mission is to encourage interdisciplinary collaborations that strengthen clinical practice, promotes experimentation, advances patient care, educates the next generation of health care professionals and serves as a national model for innovation and discovery