About
UTHealth Houston is a comprehensive health science university, with a mission focused on the education of health science professionals, discovering and translating advances in the biomedical and social sciences, and modeling the best practices in clinical care and public health. Working together, we pursue this mission to advance the quality of human life by enhancing the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and injury, as well as promoting individual health and community well-being. UTHealth Houston strives to create a culture in which faculty, staff, and students can correlate how their work contributes to the mission of the university through recognition of their efforts.