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 million gross square feet 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
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
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