Texas A&M Health, also known asTexas A&M University Health, andTexas A&M University Health Science Center, is the medical education component ofTexas A&M University, and offers health professions research, education and patient care in dentistry, medicine, nursing, biomedical sciences, public health, and pharmacy on its several campuses. One of the fastest-growing academic health centers in the nation, Texas A&M Health encompasses six schools and numerous centers and institutes. It was established in 1999 as an independent institution of theTexas A&M University System and received accreditation in December 2002 from theSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's, doctoral and professional degrees. The institution and its colleges merged with Texas A&M University on July 12, 2013.[1]
Other components include the A&M Rural and Community Health Institute, the Center for Craniofacial Research & Diagnosis, the Center for Health Organization Transformation, the Center for Population Health and Aging, the Coastal Bend Health Education Center inCorpus Christi, the Global Institute for Hispanic Health, Healthy South Texas, and theInstitute of Biosciences and Technology inHouston.
Texas A&M Health offers a variety of bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in a range of topic areas including dentistry, public health, biomedical sciences, pharmacy and nursing.[3]
