UTHealth Houston establishes the John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center
The John S. Dunn Foundation made a transformative $25 million commitment to UTHealth Houston to bolster the university’s behavioral health initiatives and address significant gaps in mental health care services in our communities.
In honor of the foundation’s generosity, UTHealth Houston established the John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center to support innovative behavioral health research, education, and patient care. The pledge embodies the commitment of UTHealth Houston’s faculty and trainees in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School to provide comprehensive care to patients throughout our campus, in addition to UT Physicians clinics, Harris Health outpatient clinics, and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital. Together, the Dunn Foundation and UTHealth Houston mental health specialists are working to ensure a comprehensive array of health services are delivered to patients in all phases of care.
“Our behavioral health experts provide the highest levels of care to patients from across our community, and are also on the forefront of developing innovative and personalized treatments for psychiatric and mental health conditions,” says Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD, UTHealth Houston President and Alkek-Williams Distinguished Chair. “The generous support of the Dunn Foundation will provide UTHealth Houston with the critical resources needed to realize our shared vision of improving behavioral health in our communities and setting new standards in excellence of care.”
The commitment is part of the university’s first comprehensive campaign, Many Faces. One Mission. The campaign, representing the largest philanthropic effort in UTHealth Houston’s history, aims to raise $500 million to address pressing health challenges and advance brain and behavioral health, and to secure the institution’s future as a top health science center. Since the campaign’s quiet phase began in 2015, the university’s closest friends have given nearly $475 million toward this goal.