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What is UH Health?

UH Health is the platform to integrate the university’s mission and values focused on identifying and responding to the economic, social and cultural issues affecting health in Houston, Texas, and beyond.

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Greater Houston Impact

With nine of its 16 colleges involved with UH Health and more than one in every four students headed for a health care-related degree, small wonder the economic impact is very healthy itself, accounting for $939 million annually in Greater Houston.

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Patient Services

The University of Houston offers affordable community health care for UH students, faculty and staff as well as the surrounding community. Our clinics offer low cost options and have flexible options for those who are uninsured. Our location is convenient and provides a general medical service plus several specialty clinics as well as optical services, substance abuse programs, psychological services and more.

For appointments or more information, click on the area of interest below.

  • University Eye Institute

    The University Eye Institute offers a wide range of services and quality care by trained optometrists and ophthalmologists. Open to the public.

  • Clinical Services

    Several assessment and treatment services are offered to the public by certified professionals through UH clinical services.

    • Psychology Research and Services Center

      The services offered operate within the clinical psychology doctoral program and offer affordable services to Houston and the UH community as one of the leading mental health providers in the Houston area.

    • ADAPT

      UH-ADAPT is a clinical research center in the department of psychology that focuses on assessing and treating teens who struggle with emotional and relationship difficulties. Our research focuses on improving evidence-based treatments for adolescents.

    • Center for Couples Therapy

      The UH Center for Couples Therapy provides relationship services for couples.

    • University Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic

      Offers services to infants, children, and adults with speech, language and hearing impairments and is staffed by professionals certified in the fields of audiology and speech-language pathology.

    • Sleep and Anxiety Center of Houston

      A clinical research center dedicated to examining ways in which people manage and overcome their anxiety, fears, and sleep-related problems. SACH offers research opportunities and low-cost clinical services for individuals and families.

    • Substance Use

      The Anxiety and Health Research Lab/Substance Use Treatment Clinic is a research laboratory and clinic designed for the study, assessment, prevention and treatment of anxiety-substance use disorders.

  • UH Health Center

    The on-campus Health Center provides general medical services as well as specialty clinics. Available only to UH students, faculty and staff.

    • Medical Services

      Low-cost services are offered to currently enrolled students, faculty and staff that includes treatment for both short-term and long-term medical problems and injuries.

    • Dental Services

      The Dental Office provides affordable preventative and general restorative dental procedure to current UH students, faculty and staff.

    • Pharmacy

      The UH Health Care Pharmacy offers prescription and over the counter services to currently enrolled students, faculty and staff.

  • Lone Star Circle of Care

    A joint initiative between the University of Houston (UH) and Lone Star Circle of Care (LSCC) is now open and accepting new patients. The health center provides high-quality, comprehensive primary, and behavioral health care to Houston residents and surrounding areas. UH faculty, staff, and students are welcomed. The UH Blue Cross Blue Shield plan along with other major insurances are accepted. For patients who qualify, a sliding fee scale is available based on household size and income. The center is staffed by UH College of Medicine faculty.

  • Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)

    CAPS promotes the awareness and access to mental health services to foster UH students, faculty and staff through self-discovery, learning and interpersonal engagement. Available only to UH students, faculty and staff.

Health Programs Available at UH

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Health Research at UH

UH conducts innovative research that addresses biological, behavioral, psychological, and social determinants of health affecting Houston and beyond. Through equitable partnerships with community stakeholders, elected officials, and university-wide research initiatives (see HEALTH Research Institute & TORC), we are taking a multilevel approach (e.g., individual, interpersonal, community, societal) to developing new technologies, discovering novel treatments, and disseminating prevention strategies aimed at increasing the quality and length of life for all.

  • HEALTH Research Institute

    The Helping Everyone Achieve a LifeTime of Health (HEALTH) Research Institute leverages an interdisciplinary group of researchers at UH to advance science that addresses the health needs of the Houston community and beyond. More specifically, our primary mission is to conduct cutting-edge research that informs novel prevention and intervention strategies that mitigate a broad range of health disparities (e.g., addiction, cancer, diabetes, mental health, social determinants, etc.). Our equitable partnerships with community stakeholders will inform a growing public health challenge through bench science, multi-site cooperative trials, public health initiatives, and empowering dissemination activities that are embedded in the cultural fabric of the communities we serve.

  • Humana Institute

    Humana and the University of Houston have launched a strategic partnership to train future health care leaders with a focus on providing holistic, collaborative care to improve health outcomes. The Humana Integrated Health System Sciences Institute at the University of Houston (Humana Institute) fosters interprofessional team-based care in the colleges of medicine, nursing, optometry, pharmacy and social work. This collaboration will graduate health care professionals who are skilled in advancing population and community health and have a propensity for working with the underserved.

  • TORC

    The mission of the Texas Obesity Research Center (TORC) is to conduct basic and applied research in obesity prevention, treatment and control. TORC will educate students in an interdisciplinary approach to topics related to obesity and its comorbidities. TORC will enhance collaborations within and among the University community, health professionals, and social agencies on projects related to obesity and centralize efforts to obtain funding from foundations, industry, and the federal government.

UH Health Research in Academic Units

Innovative health research at UH is also being led by interdisciplinary research teams housed in the College of Education (Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences), College of Engineering (Biomedical Engineering), College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (Health & Human Performance; Psychology), College of Medicine, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Biology & Biochemistry; Chemistry), College of Nursing, College of Optometry, College of Pharmacy, Graduate College of Social Work, and the Law Center.

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