The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC-H), was created by the UT System Board of Regents and supported by the Texas Legislature in 1972. Located in the world renowned Texas Medical Center, the school is primarily a graduate education university focusing on the health sciences. The UTHSC-H School of Public Health ranked number 1 in doctoral health education in 2004.

Size and budget

In 2004 UTHSC-H had an operating budget of $556.2 million. With 3,076,020 ft² (286,000 m²) occupied in 36 buildings throughout the Texas Medical Center, the facility is the world's largest medical center. Over 600 grant-funded research projects are in progress at any given time. UTHSC-H further enjoyed $60.9 million in endowments in 2004 and had a $1.7 billion economic impact on the Houston metropolitan region.

Awards and honors

• Nobel Prize Laureate – Ferid Murad, MD, PhD
• Prince Mahidol Award for Medicine – Palmer Beasley, MD
• National Academy of Science – Ferid Murad, MD, PhD
• Academy of Arts and Sciences – Ferid Murad, MD, PhD; William J. Schull, PhD; Irma Gigli, MD
• Institute of Medicine – LuAnn Aday, PhD; Irma Gigli, MD; Ferid Murad, MD, PhD; James T. Willerson, MD
• American Association for the Advancement of Science – L. Maximilian Buja, MD; John H. Byrne, PhD; Kathleen Gibson, PhD; Irma Gigli, MD; Ferid Murad, MD, PhD; Jerry Wolinsky, MD
• American Academy of Nursing – Mara Baun, DNSC, RN, FAAN; Nancy Bergstrom, PhD, RN, FAAN; Marlene Z. Cohen, PhD, RN, FAAN; Frank Cole, PhD, RN, CEN, CS, FNP, FAAN; Deanna Grimes, DrPH, RN, FAAN; Sandra Hanneman, PhD, RN, FAAN; * Joanne Hickey, PhD, APRN, BC, ACNP, FAAN; Thomas Mackey, PhD, NP-C, FAAN; Marianne Marcus, EdD, RN, FAAN; Janet Meininger, PhD, RN, FAAN; Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN; Patricia L. Starck, DSN, RN, FAAN; Geri Wood, PhD, RN, FAAN

Schools

• Dental Branch
• Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
• Medical School
• School of Health Information Sciences
• School of Nursing
• School of Public Health

University of Texas HSC-Houston centers and institutes

• The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Center on Aging
• Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials
• Gulf States Hemophilia & Thrombophilia Center/Pediatric AIDS Center
• Houston Biomaterials Research Center
• Houston Center for Bone Research
• Human Genetics Center
• Human Nutrition Center
• Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases
• Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis of Inherited Eye Diseases
• Mental Sciences Institute
• Medical Education Information Center
• Neuroscience Research Center
• Program on Humanities & Technology in Health Care
• Southwest Center for Occupational & Environmental Health
• Structural Biology Center
• Trauma Research Center
• University Clinical Research Center
• Weatherhead PET Imaging Center
• Center for Academic & Reading Skills (CARS)
• Center for Biosecurity and Disaster Preparedness
• Center for Cardiovascular Biology and Atherosclerosis Research
• Center for Clinical Genetics Research Center
• Center for Clinical Research & Evidence Based Medicine
• Center for Computational Biomedicine
• Center for Education and Information Resources
• Center for Health Policy Studies
• Center for Health Promotion & Prevention Research
• Center for Human Development Research
• Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning & Education (CIRCLE)
• Center for nfectious Diseases
• Center for Laboratory Animal Medicine & Care
• Center for Medical & Public Health Chronobiology
• Center for Membrane Biology
• Center for Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center
• Center for Nursing Research
• Center for Society and Population Health
• Center for Study of Emerging & Reemerging Pathogens

See also

• University of Texas System