Texas Center for Health Disparities

Established in September of 2005, The Texas Center for Health Disparities (TCHD) is a NIH-designated center for excellence to prevent, reduce and eliminate health disparities in our communities through research, education and community relations. Want to know more about us?

Research at TCHD

The center focuses on research in areas such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, stroke and HIV. The first round of funded projects began at the beginning of March 2006. To learn more about the Health Disparity research at TCHD please visit the Research Core.  

Training by TCHD

STAR (Steps Toward Academic Research) Fellowship Program is a new and innovative program designed by TCHD as part of its training activities. It offers faculty from minority institutions a full year of collaborative training directed toward fostering Health Disparities Research Initiatives. To learn more about the training and education that TCHD provides, please visit the Training Core.

Outreach by TCHD

To learn more about our outreach programs, visit the Outreach Core.

Annual Conference

As part of the Center's Outreach activities, an annual conference on health disparities is organized every year.  The May 30-31, 2013, conference theme is "Disparities related to Smoking, HIV/AIDS and Cancer."