More Academic Medical Centers Adding Population Health Focus
Healthcare Innovation January 31, 2022
The University of Houston has launched UH Population Health, an initiative working to advance health equity in Texas and beyond
In 2008, Thomas Jefferson University became the first academic medical center to host a College of Population Health. Recognizing the growing importance of population health, many universities are creating similar colleges or departments, including the recently launched college at the University of Houston.
Founded in 2016, the University of New Mexico’s College of Population Health was the second college of its kind in the U.S., and the first to offer a Bachelor of Science in Population Health degree. The College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University also offers degrees in population health.
At the University of Texas at Austin,...