Located at Fannin Street in Houston, the University Of Texas, Health Science Center is housed within the premises of the internationally acclaimed Texas Medical Center. The Health Science Center is an amalgamation of the dental branch, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Medical School, the School of Public Health, the School of Nursing as well as the School of Health Information Sciences, the UT Harris County Psychiatric Center, and the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases.
This institution focuses its efforts on adopting a comprehensive stance on health and has conducted vast bodies of research towards this goal. Today, the university is also the only one of its kind to offer six schools for students to pursue their graduate-level education in, with programs in the spheres of biomedical science, dentistry, health informatics, medicine, nursing and public health. Students can opt for courses like a DDS or a BS in Dental Hygiene from the Dental Branch, An MD or MS in Clinical Research from the Medical School, A DrPH or PhD in Public Health or even Joint Programs like an MD/PhD, PhD/MPH, or an MD/DDS.
The students and advisors from the Dental Branch operate Dental Clinics which provide comprehensive dental services, while the Physicians from the Medical School provide health care of the highest caliber at various locations throughout Texas. All the physicians, nurses and dentists who operate these clinics are faculty at the University, and have been lauded for their extensive research and path breaking developments in their respective fields.
The university campus is well-equipped with voice, data and video connectivity and efforts are made to constantly upgrade these in keeping with providing students and faculty with the latest in technology to facilitate their study. The University of Texas Health Science Center also supports the Children's Learning Institute which aims at developing academic skills in children through research and implementation of numerous innovative strategies.
For further information about the University of Texas - Health Science Center at Houston, you can refer to the website http://www.uthouston.edu or call them at 713-500-4472.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
7000 Fannin Street
Houston, Texas 77030
