UC San Diego Health Sciences International (HSI) is leading innovative academic medicine worldwide through international education and training programs, and working in partnership to help build medical schools, teaching hospitals and research centers. HSI's aim is to promote UC San Diego Health as a global institution that improves human health and life through innovative academic medicine — worldwide. HSI's mission is to empower our partners with knowledge and skills for developing modern academic medicine through: • Training the next generation of clinicians and researchers • Translating leading-edge research into new patient therapies • Providing a model of comprehensive, integrative health care with evidence-based medicine • Contributing to our partners' regional economic growth