The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Motto	Disciplina, Praesidium, Civitatis
Established	1972
Type	Public
President	Larry R. Kaiser, M.D.
Faculty	1389
Staff	3648
Undergraduates	429
Postgraduates	3399
Location	Houston, Texas, USA
Campus	Urban; 3.9 million ft² (286,000 m²)
Athletics	recreational
Colors	burnt orange and gray
Website	http://www.uthouston.edu/

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 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.

[edit] Size and budget

In 2008, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston had an operating budget of $762.3 million with $191.7 million in research expenditures. The university has 3.9 million ft² in 44 buildings and facilities throughout the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest medical center. Since the university was established in 1972, 34,135 students have graduated. Over 600 grant-funded research projects are in progress at any given time. The health science center further enjoyed $108.1 million in endowments in 2008 and had a $2.3 billion economic impact on the Houston metropolitan region.

[edit] Achievements

• 220 NIH grants
• Ranked 60th out of 535 in NIH funding of Domestic Institutions of Higher Education
• 19 Medical School faculty members ranked among America's Top Docs
• School of Public Health ranked number 1 in doctoral health education.
• School of Nursing ranked in top 5% of nursing schools by U.S. News and World Report for 2008.
• School of Health Information Sciences is the only graduate school of its kind in Texas.
• Nobel Prize Laureate - Ferid Murad, MD, PhD, C. Thomas Caskey, MD
• 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; C. Thomas Caskey, MD; 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; Doreen Rosenstrauch, MD, PhD, RN, FAHA; Jerry Wolinsky, MD; Sam Kaplan, PhD
• American Academy of Nursing - Mara Baun, DNSC, RN, FAAN; Nancy Bergstrom, PhD, RN, FAAN; Marlene Z. Cohen, PhD, RN, 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; Patricia L. Starck, DSN, RN, FAAN; Geri Wood, PhD, RN, FAAN
• President George W. Bush announced on February 22, 2007 his intention to nominate S. Ward Casscells III, M.D., vice president for biotechnology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs).
• Department of Dermatology ranked as center of clinical excellence^[1]

[edit] Unfavorable decisions

The health science center has residency problems. On June 13, 2008, the accreditation of the residency program of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery was placed on probation. The following year, on February 4, 2009, the accreditation of the residency program of the Department of Otolaryngology was placed on probation. ^[2]

[edit] Schools

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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

[edit] Research Institutes and Centers

University Research Institutes and Centers

• Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases
• Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Informatics Research
• Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness
• Center for Cardiovascular Biology and Atherosclerosis Research
• Center for Clinical & Translational Sciences
• Center for Clinical Neurosciences
• Center for Clinical Research & Evidence Based Medicine
• Center for Computational Biomedicine
• Center for Education and Information Resources
• Center for Health Promotion & Prevention Research
• Center for Health Services Research
• Center for Human Development Research
• Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning & Education (CIRCLE)
• Center for Infectious Diseases
• Center for Laboratory Animal Medicine & Care
• Center for Medical Applications, Engineering
• Center for Membrane Biology
• Center for Nanomedicine
• Center for Nursing Research
• Center for Teaching Excellence
• Center for the Study of Emerging & Reemerging Pathogens
• Center for Transforming Public Health Systems
• Center on Aging
• Chemical Immunology Research Center
• Children's Learning Institute
• CIRCLE - State Center for Early Childhood Development
• Clinical Genetics Research Center
• Clinical Immunology and Therapeutics Research Center
• Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials
• Fleming Center for Healthcare Management, The
• Gulf States Hemophilia & Thrombophilia Center/Pediatric AIDS Center
• Hispanic Health Research Center, The
• Houston Biomaterials Research Center
• Human Genetics Center
• Institute for Health Policy
• John P. McGovern, M.D., Center for Health, Humanities and the Human Spirit
• Keck Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
• Mental Sciences Institute
• Michael and Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, The
• Neuroscience Research Center
• Southwest Center for Occupational & Environmental Health
• Structural Biology Research Center
• Surgical and Clinical Skills Center, The
• Trauma Research Center
• University of Texas Center of Excellence for Patient Safety Research & Practice, The
• UT Prevention Research Center
• Weatherhead PET Imaging Center
• Vivian L. Smith Center for Neurologic Research

Collaborative Research Institutes and Centers

• Center for Biomedical Engineering, The
• Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center
• Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center

[edit] See also

Houston portal

• The University of Texas System
• Texas Medical Center

[edit] External links

• The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• UTHSC-H News Room

[edit] References