Cincinnati Medical School
| Motto | Juncta Juvant ("Strength in Unity") |
|---|---|
| Type | Public (state university) |
| Established | 1819 |
| Location | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://health.uc.edu/ |
| Established | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Dean | Tina F. Whalen, EdD |
| Location | Cincinnati |
| Website | http://cahs.uc.edu/ |
| Established | 1819 |
|---|---|
| Dean | William Ball, MD |
| Location | Cincinnati |
| Website | http://med.uc.edu/ |
| Established | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Dean | Andrea R. Lindell, RN, DNSc |
| Location | Cincinnati |
| Website | http://nursing.uc.edu/ |
| Established | 1850 |
|---|---|
| Dean | Neil MacKinnon, PhD |
| Location | Cincinnati |
| Website | http://pharmacy.uc.edu/ |
The University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center (AHC) is a collection of health colleges and institutions of the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. It trains health care professionals and provides research and patient care. AHC has strong ties to UC Health, which includes the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and West Chester Hospital.
The academic health center concept originated with physician Daniel Drake, who founded the Medical College of Ohio, the precursor to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, in 1819.
A municipally owned college for most of its history, the University of Cincinnati joined Ohio's higher education system in July 1977. In 1982, its teaching hospital, known as the General Hospital and in its present location since 1915, was renamed the University of Cincinnati Hospital. It was later changed again to its current name, University Hospital. In 2003, the name was changed from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center to the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center to better reflect its missions in education and research. In 2010, the Academic Health Center became an integral part of the newly formed UC Health organization.
AHC's national reputation for biomedical research includes the development of the first live, attenuated polio vaccine by Albert Sabin, who worked on the project at both the University of Cincinnati and the affiliated Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Other achievements include definitive studies of the health effects of lead in children and development of the popular antihistamine Benadryl by George Rieveschl, who was working in the chemistry department at the time of his discovery.
In 1967, the College of Pharmacy became a unit of the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center. In 2000 a fourth College, the College of Allied Health Sciences joined the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
On June 6, 2007, the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Pharmacy changed its name to the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy. The college is only the second in UC's history to be named.
AHC includes four colleges, as well as specialized centers:
AHC is part of UC Health, which was established in 2009 after the Health Alliance was disbanded., which also includes hospitals and other entities:
It also includes the following College of Medicine institutes:
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