Facilities

Department of Healthcare Policy, Economics and Management

Academic Building

The School of Community and Rural Health was launched on September 1, 2016 with faculty and staff in five dispersed locations.  The SCRH moved into its new building with ribbon cutting on September 19, 2019. The 89,000-square-foot structure houses classrooms equipped with the latest educational technology for graduate students pursuing a Master of Health Administration or Master of Public Health degree. The School of Community and Rural Health was reorganized to become “The School of Health Professions” in June of 2022.

In addition to the university’s graduate education, the School of Health Professions provides boots on the ground with a multitude of community health outreach programs.

The opening of the School of Health Professions, combined with the established research and hospital system, stands to truly impact the health of East Texas, which has been of the utmost importance since President Kirk A. Calhoun’s arrival.

The new school also serves as home to a teaching kitchen, faculty, staff and administrative offices and an event space that showcases a mural painted by Kilgore artist L.C. Kitchen in 1991. The mural illustrates UT Health Science Center at Tyler’s evolution throughout the years, beginning with Camp Fannin and spanning to the creation of the institution as it is today.