UW-Eau Claire and Mayo Clinic Health System
Two Renowned Institutions. One Common Goal.
Mayo Clinic Health System and UW-Eau Claire are creating an innovation hub focused on excellence in community healthcare research in Northwest Wisconsin. This powerful collaboration, extended in 2023 to a 10-year agreement, is one of only three such Mayo collaborations in the nation. This exciting relationship will allow Blugolds to help discover solutions to benefit patients in the region, state, country, and around the world. Our combined expertise is preparing the next generation of medical pioneers to improve lives wherever they may go.
Transformative, Inspired Education
The collaboration between UW-Eau Claire and Mayo Clinic Health System provides boundless opportunities for university students, faculty, and staff to explore cutting-edge ideas alongside physicians and clinic staff to develop solutions for real-world problems. This presents new internship and research experiences for undergraduate and graduate students and empowers physicians and scientists to launch research projects that may not have happened otherwise.
The Mayo Clinic Health System collaboration goes beyond the traditional constraints of scientific research. By combining the arts, humanities, business, sciences, and healthcare, this bold collaboration is creating practitioners of the future.
Here we're living, breathing examples of physician-researchers, people who practiced medicine and spent time in their lab advancing the field. I've always been passionate about medicine, but my love for research was acquired at UW-Eau Claire and furthered at Mayo Clinic.
State-Of-The-Art Facilities
Successful healthcare innovation requires state-of-the-art facilities and technology. With these upcoming construction projects and access to the latest supercomputing technology, UW-Eau Claire is poised to advance health sciences education at the undergraduate level and beyond.
Discover In-Demand Majors
Academic programs at UWEC are leading the way in health science education. Our faculty, alongside Mayo Clinic Health System professionals, are shaping the future of healthcare through exceptional curriculum, connections with community partners and area industries, and revolutionary research.
Collaborative research experience is at the heart of UW-Eau Claire's pre-med program. Whether you are working directly with a faculty member or a Mayo Clinic health professional, you'll gain the real-world knowledge and skills you need to prepare for a career in the medical field.