Sciences. Affiliate organizations and institutions include UT Physicians, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT Harris County Psychiatric Center, Memorial Hermann, and several other large hospitals and health care systems with locations in the Texas Medical Center and throughout the Houston area. Students also have opportunities for learning experiences in neighborhood health centers, nursing homes, day care centers, city and county health departments, mental health facilities, homeless shelters, and medical offices and clinics. Research Faculty and students within Cizik School of Nursing's Department of Research pursue scientific inquiry on a wide range of subjects, including vulnerable and underserved populations, nonpharmaceutical pain management, aging-in-place technology, and tracking and management of disease symptoms. The school also leads the University of Texas System Health Biobank collaborative. For calendar year 2020, Cizik School of Nursing was ranked 39th nationally among nursing schools with research funded by the National Institutes of Health. Leadership Diane M. Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, was appointed as the fifth dean in the Cizik School of Nursing's history, effective September 1, 2020]. Sources UT School of Nursing website web page on colleges in Houston References Educational institutions established in 1972 University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston schools Nursing schools in Texas