The
most comprehensive academic health center in Texas educates and trains
health professionals and biomedical scientists, conducts cutting edge
biomedical, behavioral and population research and provides both primary
care and highly specialized medical, dental and public health care and
expertise.
Among all public health universities in Texas UTHSC-H is number 1 in research
in child health and human development.
1 component of The University of Texas System.
3,417 student enrollment.
1,215 faculty.
3,538 staff.
$556.2 million operating budget in FY 2004.
$133.9 million in un-reimbursed
patient care provided to medically and financially indigent citizens
of Harris County in 2003.
26,538 graduates since 1972.
2.4 million assignable square feet occupied
in 36 buildings throughout the Texas Medical Center and the greater
Houston area.
Over 600 grant-funded research projects in progress
at any given time.
1 Nobel Prize winner.
1 member of the National Academy of Sciences.
4 members of the Institute
of Medicine.
3 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
13 members
of the American Academy of Nursing.
$60.9 million endowment (book
value).
$1.7 billion annual indirect economic impact on the Houston
metropolitan region.
In 2003:
3,417 students enrolled in 18 degree and certificate programs
at 6 UTHSC-H schools located within the Texas Medical Center and
at 4 regional campuses.
Students participate in clinical training at
over 200 affiliated sites across the Houston metropolitan area and
across Texas.
805 students received degrees from UTHSC-H and began
careers as health professionals and biomedical scientists.
UTHSC-H
researchers conducted research expending $149.5 million in sponsored
research dollars and submitted 1,121 proposals for new research funding.
UTHSC-H research funding ranked 53rd out of the 515 institutions
across the nation receiving funds from the National Institutes of Health
(2002).
UTHSC-H clinicians trained 745 medical and dental residents
as they delivered care in more than 50 outpatient and inpatient sites,
reflecting more than 748,000 encounters with patients.