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Community Service

The university offers patient care in clinics, mobile units and within schools across Houston and surrounding areas as well as communities along the Texas-Mexico border. Health education is provided to children and adults in the Houston area and continuing education is provided across the state to health professionals.

Quick Facts FY04

  • Dental Branch provided $1.3 million care to Houston area
  • Harris County Psychiatric Center provided $22.7 million in charity care to the Houston area
  • Medical School provided $139 million in unsponsored care
  • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences has a 12-year relationship with HISD's Brookline Elementary School
  • School of Health Information Sciences partnered with Center for Health Outcomes Research and Development in Japan
  • School of Nursing provided service in several affiliated clinics and HISD schools
  • School of Public Health has several outreach programs in Houston, Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso and San Antonio

Community Service Clinics

Dental Branch

(contact the Dental Branch for specific information)
Bering Dental Clinic
Dental Branch Clinic (main clinic)
Special Patients Clinic (medically complex patients)
Mobile Dental Van
Memorial Hermann Dental Van
Richmond State School
Veteran's Administration

Medical School

(Contact the centers for specific information)
Brookwood Community Center
Children's Assessment Center
E.A. Squatty Lyons
Mental Sciences Institute (Psychiatry)
Northwestern Assistance Ministries
Rusk Clinic
Settegast
Star of Hope
UT Physicians (medical clinics)

Education and Training Programs

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Outreach Programs

Medical School
Initiatives for Educator Development

School of Nursing
Office of Health Promotion & Education

Undergraduate Summer Programs
Summmer Enrichment Program - Dental Branch Summer Enrichment Program- Medical School
Summer Research Program - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Summer Research Program - Medical School

Date Modified: 08/16/2007

Team UT - American Heart Walk Results 2007Other university-wide community service events, click here.

Teacher Training Programs

Science Exploration & Curriculum Writing Institute Microbial Discovery Institute- General Administration HEADS-UP (Health Education and Discovering Science while Unlocking Potential) - School of Public Health

Texas-Mexico Border Health Services

Health care projects serve a major segment of the Texas population that would otherwise not have access to clinical health care and educational services. The overall impact of this initiative is a health care delivery system that is exceeding the initial goals of serving the unserved and underserved population along the Texas-Mexico border.

Continuing Education Offices

Dental Branch
Continuing Education

Medical School
Continuing Medical Education

School of Nursing
Practice & Outreach

School of Public Health
Centers for Research

Public Affairs
Community Relations