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Editorial Standards

Accuracy and consistency in the use of our university name and school names reinforces our visibility as one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic health centers.

These editorial standards support effective communication with our audiences. The guidelines apply to external and internal written copy (stories, briefs, news releases), as well as social media posts, and email as appropriate. They may not apply to executive communications and formal correspondence.

University Name

Use UTHealth Houston in copy and headlines. Note: UTHealth is always one word in the name of our university, UTHealth Houston.

UTHealth Houston horizontal logo

UTHealth Houston: Our name tells who we are, what we do, and where we do it.

There are specific instances which call for the use of the full name of the university: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. When the full name is used, always capitalize The.

  • Legal documents
  • Copyright lines
  • Diplomas

For research publications, use the "first reference" school name as described below. 

School Names

The same guidelines apply for schools within UTHealth Houston.

School names do not include the before the school name; however, the is used before a program or donor name.
Cizik School of Nursing is the best in the country.
The Cizik School of Nursing emergency/trauma nurse practitioner program is the best in the country.

  • UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences

    First reference:
    UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences

    Subsequent reference options:
    the School of Behavioral Health Sciences
    the school

  • UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry

    First reference:
    UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry

    Subsequent reference options:
    the School of Dentistry
    the dental school
    the school

  • UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

    First reference:
    UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

    First reference, if a location is needed for clarity:
    UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin
    UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Brownsville
    UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Dallas
    UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in El Paso
    UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in San Antonio

    Subsequent reference options:
    the School of Public Health
    the school

  • Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston

    First reference:
    Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston

    Subsequent reference options:
    Cizik School of Nursing
    the nursing school
    the school

    Long name as needed for specific usage:
    Jane and Robert Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston

  • McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

    First reference:
    McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

    Subsequent reference options:
    McGovern Medical School
    the medical school
    the school

    Long name as needed for specific usage:
    John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

  • McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

    First reference:
    McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston

    Subsequent reference options:
    McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
    the school

    Long name as needed for specific or formal usage:
    D. Bradley McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

    First reference:
    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

    Second reference:
    MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

    Subsequent reference options:
    MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School
    the graduate school

UTHealth Houston Primary Teaching Hospitals

  • Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center

    First reference:
    Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center

    Subsequent reference:
    Memorial Hermann-TMC

  • Memorial Hermann: other components

    When the story is about several locations in the hospital system:

    First reference:
    Memorial Hermann Health System

    Subsequent reference:
    Memorial Hermann

    All references:
    Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital

    First reference:
    Red Duke Trauma Institute at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center

    Subsequent reference:
    Red Duke Trauma Institute

    First reference:
    Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center

    Subsequent reference:
    Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute or Heart & Vascular Institute at Memorial Hermann-TMC, depending on whether the story is about the practice or the location

  • Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital

    First reference:
    Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital

    Subsequent reference:
    Harris Health LBJ

  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    First reference:
    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Subsequent reference:
    MD Anderson

  • John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center at UTHealth Houston

    The John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center refers to both the building as well as research, clinical, and educational activities within the Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.

    First reference:
    the John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center at UTHealth Houston

    Subsequent reference:
    the Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center

    If specifically referring to the building:
    the Dunn Center Building
    the facility
    the hospital

    If referring to the physical location of both behavioral health facilities:
    UTHealth Houston Behavioral Sciences Campus

  • UTHealth Houston Harris County Psychiatric Center

    First reference:
    UTHealth Houston Harris County Psychiatric Center (HCPC)

    Subsequent reference:
    UTHealth Houston HCPC

    If referring to the physical location of both behavioral health facilities:
    UTHealth Houston Behavioral Sciences Campus