Our Mission:
Make an impact throughout the State of Texas
 Provide quality education of health science professionals.
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Discover and translate advances in biomedical
and social sciences.
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Model the best practices in patient care and public health.
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Enhance the quality of human life by advancing
the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease
and injury, and by promoting individual health
and community well-being.
Noteworthy Accomplishments
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113% increase in net assets, from $471 million in FY 2002
to more than $1 billion in FY 2007.
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853 medical residents participate in 85 ACGME
and TMB programs; 118 new positions since 2000.
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14.8% growth in total students (FTSE) since 2001.
Noteworthy Accomplishments Cont’d
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$36 million, 1st in Texas, NIH grant for clinical
and translational research (CTSA).
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162% increase in royalty/license fees, 116 new products.
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50% increase in research expenditures since 2001.
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50+ collaborative research, academic, community
and patient care partners across Texas.
Legislative Appropriations Request
FY 2010 – FY 2011
Enhance ability to provide comprehensive
and collaborative solutions:
 To address Texas’ critical medical workforce needs.
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To improve public health in communities across Texas.
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To translate research findings into life altering
treatments and prevention strategies.
Three Critical Funding Areas
 Formula funding increases.
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Exceptional item increases for public health, clinical
and translational sciences and nursing.
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Capital funding for educational and research space.
1st Critical Funding Area
Formula Funding
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We request full funding of THECB formula funding
recommendations.
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Restore base values to FY 2000-01 levels.
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Fully fund growth.
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Increase GME to $7,500 per resident.
2nd Critical Funding Area
Exceptional Item Requests
Comprehensive Solutions for the Health of Texans
1. Improving Public Health in Texas Communities.
2. Translating Research Findings Into Life Altering
Treatments and Prevention Strategies.
3. Code Red Solutions to the Nursing Shortage.
Exceptional Item Request No. 1
Improving Public Health in Texas Communities
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$10.75 million/year, $21.5 million/biennium.
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Increase enrollment by 360 Master of Public Health
students, 40 doctoral students and 150 graduate level
certificate students.
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Expand patient-oriented research to address the critically
important public health threat of obesity and its related
complications of diabetes and hypertension.
Exceptional Item Request No. 2
Translating Research Findings Into Life Altering
Treatments and Prevention Strategies
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$10.7 million/year, $21.4/biennium.
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Renewal of NIH Clinical and Translational Sciences Award.
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Improve the access to and delivery of healthcare
by translating the latest knowledge and research
developments into disease management for patients.
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Recruit 31 new faculty members in critical areas.
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Create infrastructure to further enable collaboration
with universities and institutions across Texas.
Exceptional Item Request No. 3
Code Red Solutions to the Nursing Shortage
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$507,000 in FY 2010 and $1.14 million in FY 2011.
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42 new students in 2010.
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Additional 52 new students in 2011.
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Total entry class of 264.
3rd Critical Funding Area
Requests for Capital Funding
1. Research Park Complex.
2. Gap Funding – Dental Branch Replacement Building.
3. School of Public Health Building Expansion.
Requests for Capital Funding
TRB – Research Park Complex
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$35 million TRB, $6 million in debt service/biennium.
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Center for Advanced Biomedical Research (CABIR).
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Biomedical Research and Education Facility (BREF).
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Innovative and collaborative programs in advanced
technologies.
Requests for Capital Funding
TRB – Gap Funding
UT Dental Branch Replacement Building
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$11 million TRB, $1.9 million in debt service/biennium.
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Local construction market has seen an increase of 18.3%
in materials and labor since the UT Dental Branch TRB
was approved by the Legislature in 2006.
Requests for Capital Funding
TRB – UT School of Public Health
Building Expansion
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$55 million TRB, $8.5 million in debt service/biennium.
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153,000 gross square foot teaching and research wing.
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Critical component of “Improving Public Health
in Texas Communities”.
UT Harris County Psychiatric Center
Article II State Health Services Department
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Maintain $7 million/biennium additional funding
received in FY 08-09.
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Increase funding by $4.26 million/year,
$8.52 million/biennium to open 24 beds.
Conclusion
Comprehensive Solutions for the Health of Texans
We respectfully request full funding in our three
critical areas:
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Formula funding increases.
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Exceptional item increases for public health, clinical
and translational sciences and nursing.
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Capital funding for educational and research space.