Media Resources

Call 713-500-3030 if you would like to schedule an interview with faculty, students, or staff in any of the schools on the UTHealth Houston campus, in addition to the John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center at UTHealth Houston, UTHealth Houston Harris County Psychiatric Center, clinics operated by UT Physicians, UT Health Services, and UT Dentists, and other patient care or research facilities.

Style Guidelines

In print publications and on the web, the appropriate reference for the institution is UTHealth Houston.

Note: UTHealth Houston has no space between “UT” and “Health.”

For Houston TV broadcasts, UTHealth Houston is preferred for use on Chyrons or supers. 

When referencing an individual school or clinical practice, which are part of UTHealth Houston, the reference should be linked to UTHealth Houston. Options include:

• McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
• UT Physicians, the clinical practice of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
• Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston
• UT Health Services, the primary and occupational health clinic led by Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston
• UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
• McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston
• UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences
• UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry
• UT Dentists, the faculty practice of UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry
• MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Co-branding with UTHealth Houston’s primary teaching hospitals

If applicable, in print, please reference both UTHealth Houston and the primary teaching hospital.

• Example: Dr. John Smith, a professor with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, is an attending physician at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center

For TV broadcasts, the preferred use on Chyrons and supers is:

• UTHealth Houston/Memorial Hermann
• UTHealth Houston/Children’s Memorial Hermann
• UTHealth Houston/Harris Health LBJ Hospital
• UTHealth Houston/UT Physicians (research)
• UT Physicians/UTHealth Houston (clinics)

Quick Facts

Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to Jane and Robert Cizik School of Nursing, John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School, D. Bradley McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, and schools of biomedical sciences, dentistry, public health, and behavioral health sciences. UTHealth Houston includes the John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center and UTHealth Houston Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists, and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital. For more information, visit www.uth.edu.

Media Contacts

Deborah Mann Lake, Director of Media Relations and Social Media
Office: 713-500-3304
Email: [email protected]

Jeannette Sanchez, Manager of Media Relations
Office: 713-500-3042
Email: [email protected]

Sydney Lowther, Media Relations Specialist
Office: 713-500-3173
Email: [email protected]