Sanford

Sanford health provides high quality medical educational and professional development that is evidence and research based; accredited for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals and scientists; inclusive of cultural differences and addresses the need for specialty training. Sanford health is dedicated to preparing health care professionals for the future. The sanford promise program connects students, educators and communities with science and research in health care at a secondary education age. Sanford works in partnership with universities to provide rotations for medical students, residencies and fellowships. Sanford works in partnership with an extensive group of higher learning organizations to provide student training and learning opportunities in many venues across our region.

Research endeavors span children's health, focused on pediatric rare diseases and cancer; the sanford project, seeking to reduce the burden of type 1 diabetes through discovery and clinical application; genomic and molecular medicine including genomics, biobanking and immunotherapy; edith sanford breast cancer for advanced molecular research and personalized treatment; neurobehavioral sciences, studying eating disorders, obesity and bariatric surgery outcomes as well as physiological aspects of eating and addiction and clinical research hosting drug and device studies, the nci community oncology research program and the neonatal research network. Research also leads educational programs supporting science in local k-12 school districts, undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral programs.