Information for Friends and Donors

The School of Health Information Sciences is the first school in the country devoted exclusively to Masters and PhD Programs in Health Informatics. Only ten years old, its faculty and students have already made important contributions to The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston community and the field of Health Informatics. This has been accomplished to date without the traditional foundations of financial support such as endowments built up over many years, or a large base of alumni established in their careers. The School's students and faculty need your help to continue and to expand their important work.

Reasons to Give

Health Informatics enables doctors, nurses, dentists, and public health workers to better address today's problems. Patients and their families are better informed and better cared for through health informatics. At the school, we:

• Create solutions and accelerate translation of research breakthroughs from the lab to the patient through computer modeling and simulations
• Get the Right information to the Right people at the Right time in the Right format through better data management, presentation, analysis, communication
• Establish dual degree programs for cost-efficient, non-redundant, education across traditional specialty boundaries
• Encourage entrepreneurial thinking and applied, real world applications

Why does a gift to the school matter to you and your family? 

To the Patient:

• Better therapies and earlier cures
• Better access to personalized care…anywhere…anytime 

To the Doctor:

• Improved diagnostics
• Better ways to access information and improve care 

To the Scientist:

• Better tools to visualize problems and discover treatments and cures 

To the Community:

• Improved healthcare access and biosecurity measures
• Fewer medical errors

Ways to Give

Support for the school can come in many forms, including:

• Scholarships and Professorships
• Program Sponsorships
• Honorary and Memorial Giving
• Annual Giving Programs (Dean's Excellence Fund, Golf tournament)
• Planned giving including bequests or gift annuities

Corporate philanthropic support is also welcomed and appropriately recognized. For ways in which businesses can work with the school, please go to Business Opportunities.

Contact Information

For additional information, to arrange a school visit, or to discuss other ways in which you would like to support the school, please contact:

Karen Minich
Director of Development and Corporate Relations
The University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston
Karen.J.Minich@uth.tmc.edu
713-500-3912
7000 Fannin St.
suite 600
Houston, TX 77030