Public Health Information for Practitioners (PHIP)
University of North Texas Health Science Center - http://www.hsc.unt.edu

UNT Health Science Center consists of three schools —Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM), the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the School of Public Health —with a combined faculty of more than 200, a staff of 900, and a cadre of some 300 volunteer community physicians.

TCOM is Texas' only college of osteopathic medicine, and one of only 19 in the nation. Since 1993 the graduate school has offered master's and doctoral degrees in the biomedical sciences, with specializations in anatomy and cell biology, molecular biology and immunology, pharmacology and integrative physiology.

January 1999, the institution's Master of Public Health program received state approval to become a School of Public Health.  In 1997, UNTHSC launched its Physician Assistant Studies Program, the first PA program at a state-supported institution in Texas to operate as a master's level graduate program. 

The University of North Texas Health Science Center is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Additionally, the School of Public Health is one of only 32 accredited SPHs in the US. accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).