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.

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.

Related Clinical Entities

UT Physicians
UT Dentists
UT Health Services
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

UTHealth Houston Primary Teaching Hospitals

Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
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
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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

Editorial Standards

University Name

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

School Names

UTHealth Houston Primary Teaching Hospitals

UTHealth Houston Brand Standards