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TEXAS A&M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER 8441 State Highway 47 Clinical 1 Building, Suite 3100 Bryan, TX 77807 (979) 436-9100 www.tamhsc.edu
THE TEXAS A&M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER was officially established
in 1999 when it combined the major health-related efforts of the Texas A&M System. The institution dedicates the collective expertise of its campus community to providing the state with high-quality health education, outreach and research. Faculty, staff and students are united by a belief that all people, regardless of geography, economics or culture, deserve the benefits of compassionate care, superior science and exceptional health education. Through health professions education, accelerated campus growth, public-private partnerships and health care policy input, the Texas A&M Health Science Center is positioned to address major health care concerns of the 21st century. It is committed to research, innovative teaching practices and interdisciplinary international service learning experiences—all in an effort to educate world-class health care professionals for the future. The institution teaches a small number of undergraduates, but the majorities of students are graduate, professional and advanced post-doctoral students. The physical footprint of the health science center has increased in the past few years from campuses in College Station, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Houston, McAllen and Temple to campuses in Bryan and Round Rock. Through the Texas A&M Health Science Center Office of Research, new alliances with industry and the public sector are transforming public/private commercial efforts. In 2011, externally funded research expenditures of about $80 million helped drive the state’s economy. As health care becomes a primary consideration in America’s economic landscape, the new Texas A&M Health Science Center Bush Institute for Health Policy is poised to become a major forum for academic, business and legislative entities. This forum promises to provide solutions to America’s greatest social crisis—the efficient management and delivery of quality, affordable health care.
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The A&M System BOARD OF REGENTS
E.J. “Jere” Pederson
Richard A. Box
Acting President, Texas A&M Health Science Center and Acting Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, The Texas A&M University System
Chairman, Austin
Craig H. Blakely, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Phil Adams Vice Chairman, Bryan-College Station
Morris E. Foster
Dean, School of Rural Public Health
Salado
David S. Carlson, Ph.D.
Elaine Mendoza
Vice President for Research and Dean, School of Graduate Studies
San Antonio
Judy Morgan
Russ Gibbs, D.Min., CFRE Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Communications
Texarkana
Cullen M. ‘Mike’ Godfrey, J. D.
Austin
Chief Legal Officer
Cliff Thomas
Jenny E. Jones, M.A.
Victoria
Vice President for Governmental Affairs
John D. White
Roderick E. McCallum, Ph.D.
Houston
Vice President for Academic Affairs
James P. Wilson
Barry C. Nelson, Ph.D.
Sugar Land
Vice President for Finance and Administration
John “Quinten” D. Womack
Lee Ann Ray, Ed.D.
Student Regent, Mission
Chief of Staff, Texas A&M Health Science Center and Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, The Texas A&M University System
Vickie Spillers
Jim Schwertner
Executive Secretary to the Board
John Sharp
Indra K. Reddy, Ph.D. Dean, Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy
T. Sam Shomaker, M.D., J.D. Vice President for Clinical Affairs and The Jean and Thomas McMullin Dean, College of Medicine
Sharon A. Wilkerson, Ph.D., R.N. Dean, College of Nursing
Lawrence E. Wolinsky, Ph.D., D.M.D. Dean, Baylor College of Dentistry
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ACADEMIC UNITS Baylor College of Dentistry
Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy
3302 Gaston Avenue Dallas, TX 75246 P: (214) 828-8100 F: (214) 874-4529 www.bcd.tamhsc.edu
MSC 131, 1010 West Avenue B Kingsville, TX 78363 P: (361) 593-4272 F: (361) 593-4929 www.pharmacy.tamhsc.edu
College of Medicine Health Professions Education Building 8447 State Highway 47, Suite 3050 Bryan, TX 77807 P: (979) 436-0200 F: (979) 436-0092 www.medicine.tamhsc.edu
School of Graduate Studies
Basic Science Departments, Research and Institutional Advancement Joe H. Reynolds Medical Building College Station, TX 77843-1114 and Medical Research and Education Building 8447 State Highway 47 Bryan, TX 77807
School of Rural Public Health
174 Joe H. Reynolds Medical Building College Station, TX 77843-1114 P: (979) 862-3325 F: (979) 862-3374 www.sgs.tamhsc.edu
282 SRPH Administration Building College Station, TX 77843-1266 P: (979) 845-2387 F: (979) 862-8371 www.srph.tamhsc.edu 2101 South McColl Road McAllen, TX 78503 P: (956) 668-6300 F: (956) 668-6301 www.srph.tamhsc.edu/mcallen
3950 North A. W. Grimes Boulevard Suite N403 Round Rock, TX 78665 P: (512) 341-4200 F: (512) 341-4212 www.medicine.tamhsc.edu/campuses/rr
REGIONAL CENTERS Coastal Bend Health Education Center
Medical Education Center 2401 South 31st Street, 4th Floor Temple, TX 76508 P: (254) 724-2368 F: (254) 724-7113 www.medicine.tamhsc.edu/campuses/temple
6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5861 Carlos F. Truan Building NRC Suite 3500 Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5861 P: (361) 825-2804 F: (361) 825-2809 www.cbhec.tamhsc.edu
College of Nursing Health Professions Education Building 8447 State Highway 47 Suite 3005 Bryan, TX 77807-3260 P: (979) 436-0111 F: (979) 436-0098 www.nursing.tamhsc.edu
Institute of Biosciences & Technology 2121 W. Holcombe Blvd Houston, TX 77030 P: (713) 677-7700 F: (713) 677-7727 www.ibt.tamhsc.edu
3950 North A.W. Grimes Boulevard Round Rock, TX 78665 Suite N405 P: (512) 341-4940 F: (512) 341-4213 www.nursing.tamhsc.edu/ future/round-rock.html 6
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FACULTY, STUDENT AND STAFF HEADCOUNT Fall 2011
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Baylor College of Dentistry
247
573
College of Medicine
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633
College of Nursing
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School of Graduate Studies
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Rangel College of Pharmacy
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School of Rural Public Health
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Baylor COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY
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Established.............................. 1905 Fall 2011 enrollment................. 573 Number of faculty...................... 247 Student/faculty ratio................2.3:1 Degrees Offered: Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.), Master of Science (M.S.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
3302 Gaston Avenue Dallas, TX 75246 P: (214) 828-8100 F: (214) 874-4529 www.bcd.tamhsc.edu
The Baylor College of Dentistry has been distinguished for Texas dental education for more than 100 years and is dedicated to combining higher education and research with community service. Known internationally for producing excellent clinicians, the college opened in 1905. Since then, it has graduated more than 8,000 dentists and dental hygienists. Nearly onethird of all dentists in Texas are Baylor College of Dentistry graduates. The college also graduates the largest number of dental hygienists with bachelor’s degrees in the state. In addition to a doctor of dental surgery and bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene, postdoctoral certificate and degree programs are offered. Today, the college works toward innovative treatments, leading-edge technology and better ways to deliver care. It not only ensures that Texas has qualified generations of dentists, dental hygienists and scientists, but also provides care for patients who have no other access to oral health care. 8
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Established.............................. 1977 Fall 2011 enrollment................. 633 Number of faculty...................... 125 Student/faculty ratio................5.1:1 Degrees Offered: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Health Professions Education Building 8447 State Highway 47, Suite 3050 Bryan, TX 77807 P: (979) 436-0200 F: (979) 436-0092 www.medicine.tamhsc.edu
Established to meet the needs of the medically underserved populations, the College of Medicine was founded in 1977. The college has expanded from a basic science campus in College Station and a clinical campus in Temple to four-year campuses in Bryan-College Station and Temple, a clinical campus in Round Rock, and a clinical program in Dallas. Currently enrolling more than 630 medical students, it is the only Texas medical school with two fouryear campuses. The college pairs medical education and research opportunities through clinical affiliations with private, state and federal health care organizations and community-based hospitals and clinics. The college offers a combined M.D./Ph.D. degree in clinical medicine and medical science, an M.D./M.B.A. degree and an M.D./M.P.H. degree. Throughout the college and its centers, research programs are currently under way in biochemistry, cancer, integrated biology, cell and molecular biology, pathogenesis and neuroscience. 9
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COLLEGE OF NURSING
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Established.............................. 2008 Fall 2011 enrollment................. 106 Number of faculty........................ 22 Student/faculty ratio................4.8:1 Degrees Offered: Bachelor of Science, Nursing (B.S.N.)
Health Professions Education Building 8447 State Highway 47 Office 3005 Bryan, TX 77807-3260 P: (979) 436-0111 F: (979) 436-0098 www.nursing.tamhsc.edu
The College of Nursing provides much-needed education to increase the nursing workforce. The college offers the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) degree through three educational tracks: Generic, Accelerated and RN-to-B.S.N. The generic (B.S.N.) track accepts the first two years of education requirements from an accredited college or university, then requires completion of upper-division nursing courses at the College of Nursing. The accelerated B.S.N. accepts a completed bachelor’s degree in studies related to nursing then requires the completion of nursing course work. The college also offers the opportunity for those with registered nursing (RN) diploma or associate degree in nursing to complete their nursing course work to obtain a B.S.N. degree. The first 19 graduates in the accelerated program received their B.S.N. degrees in December 2009, and the first graduates of the generic program received their B.S.N. degrees in May 2010.
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Irma Lerma Rangel COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
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Established.............................. 2006 Fall 2011 Enrollment................. 345 Number of full-time faculty........ 41 Student/Faculty ratio...............8.4:1 Degrees Offered: Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
1010 West Avenue B Kingsville, TX 78363 P: (361) 593-4272 F: (361) 593-4929 www.pharmacy.tamhsc.edu
The Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, located on the Texas A&M University-Kingsville campus, was established in August 2006 in response to the shortage of pharmacists in South Texas. As the first healthrelated professional school in South Texas, the college offers the Doctor of Pharmacy program leading to the Pharm.D. degree. Students in this program are exposed to a core professional curriculum including biomedical sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, social, behavioral, and administrative pharmacy sciences and pharmacy practice. The college is the first Texas pharmacy school to implement Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences early in the professional program. These experiences include more than 700 pharmacy preceptors (mentors), who help students apply knowledge learned in the classroom, while evaluating each student’s progress. The college is dedicated to producing quality graduates, who are highly competent in dealing with the daily demands, challenges and rewards of contemporary pharmacy practice. 11
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SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES Formerly Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 147 Reynolds Medical Building College Station, TX 77843-1114 P: (979) 862-3325 F: (979) 862-3374 www.sgs.tamhsc.edu
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Established.............................. 1999 Fall 2011 enrollment................. 127 Number of faculty........................ 13 Student/faculty ratio................9.8:1 Degrees Offered: Master of Science (M.S.), Master of Science in Public Health (M.S.P.H.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health (Ph.D.)
Since its inception in 1999, the School of Graduate Studies has prepared future faculty and researchers to improve the health of Texans through scientific discovery and education. The school offers master’s and doctoral programs in biomedical, clinical and public health sciences through the College of Medicine, School of Rural Public Health, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, and Baylor College of Dentistry. In support of research and training initiatives, the school works with each Texas A&M Health Science Center academic unit as well as other academic, clinical, private, and community-based health and research institutions.
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SCHOOL OF RURAL PUBLIC HEALTH SRPH Administration Building, Rm. 282 College Station, TX 77843-1266 P: (979) 845-2387 F: (979) 862-8371 www.srph.tamhsc.edu
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Established.............................. 1996 Fall 2011 enrollment................. 338 Number of faculty........................ 44 Student/faculty ratio................7.7:1 Degrees Offered: Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), Master of Public Administration (M.H.A.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.)
Founded in 1998 as the first public health school in the nation with a focus on rural and underserved communities, the School of Rural Public Health developed into a nationally ranked, fully accredited public health research, service and training program. After only nine years, U.S. News and World Report ranked the school as a Top 25 Graduate School in Public Health. Offering classes at the College Station campus as well as other Texas locations through distance education, the school provides public health master’s and/or doctoral programs in several public health disciplines: epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental and occupational health, health administration, social and behavioral health, policy and management as well as border health. In addition to core public health curriculum, the school is home to several centers of research excellence. Providing a forum for future public health leaders, the school builds an array of research strengths and practice skills for rural and urban settings. 13
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