The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is a public academic health science center in Houston, Texas, United States. It was created in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents. It is located in the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the world. It is composed of six schools: McGovern Medical School The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences UTHealth School of Dentistry Cizik School of Nursing D. Bradley McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics UTHealth School of Public Health.