Mission Statement

Our Mission Statement echoes the University's motto of "Making Man Whole" but with a special emphasis on population medicine and public health.  Our mission is demonstrated through the educational, clinical and research activites of the department.


Educational Mission

Medical Student Education

The preventive medicine curriculum is designed to prepare medical students for the preventive medicine portion of their boards, to learn how to integrate clinical prevention into clinical practice and to understand the mechanics of research and medical literature


Residency and Fellowship Training

The LLU Preventive Medicine Department started the Preventive Medicine Residency in 1982 with Dr. William Dysinger as the first program director.  It now sponsors several different post graduate training programs:

Preventive Medicine Residency
Combined Preventive and Family Medicine Residency with an emphasis in Lifestyle Medicine and International Medicine
Occupational Medicine Residency
Addiction Medicine Fellowship


Clinical Mission

By providing residents an opportunity to participate in obesity management, women's health, general prevention and travel medicine clinics at the Center for Health Promotion, it is our goal to provide ample clinical experience in these fields.  Residents will also rotate at the LLU Student Health Service whith emphasis on primary healthcare for the Loma Linda University students, whereas SACHS clinics offer communicty healthcare for the San Bernardino district.  The Occupational Health Center focusses on new employee health and workman compensation management.


Research Mission:

The practice group members work with faculty from the School of Public Health on a number of research and community service projects.  Research areas include obesity, smoking cessation, nutrition, etc.