Research Institutes and Centers
The UT Health Science Center is comprised of six schools, four institutes and several centers that, through their work, support the university's mission of education, research and clinical care.
University Institutes:
Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases (IMM)
Through its focus on the cause of human diseases at the cellular and molecular levels, using DNA and protein technologies to clarify disease mechanisms, the IMM endeavors to design methods of rational therapy and, wherever possible, strategies for the prevention of human diseases. The IMM concentrates and collaborates in: cardiovascular disease, cell signaling, diabetes and obesity, human genetics, immunology and autoimmune diseases, molecular imaging, neurodegenerative diseases, proteomics and systems biology, stem cells, and stroke.
The Children's Learning Institute (CLI) combines data and studies from the fields of psychology, neurodevelopment, education, and child development to provide proven learning solutions derived from, and supported by, documented research. Our goal is to make sure every child is equipped to learn and able to excel. Based in the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical School, CLI is recognized by the State of Texas as the State Center for Early Childhood Development.
The Institute for Health Policy (IHP), based in the School of Public Health, contributes to improving public health by developing creative ways to bridge the gap between scientific research, practical programs and policy solutions. IHP brings their technical expertise and non-partisan analysis to health policy issues, with special focus on the Texas and the Texas-Mexico border areas.
The Mental Sciences Institute is the clinical arm of the Medical School's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. The institute?s teaching and research faculty are deeply involved in dissolving the false distinctions between mind and brain and are committed to finding better treatments, as well as eliminating the stigma of mental illness still prevalent in our society.
University Centers:
- 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 for Translational Injury Research
- Center for Translational Neuroinformatics
- Center for Transport Oncophysics
- Center on Aging
- Chemical Immunology Research Center
- CIRCLE - State Center for Early Childhood Development
- Clinical Genetics Research Center
- Clinical Immunology and Therapeutics Research Center
University Centers (continued):
- 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
- John P. McGovern, M.D., Center for Health, Humanities and the Human Spirit
- Keck Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
- 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