The Center for Community Health and Aging (CCHA) works to increase the capacity of communities to improve population health utilizing a community health development approach. Research focuses on evidence-based programs, healthy communities, and interactions between health, aging and technology.
The USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness is designed to ensure public health professionals are able to respond to threats to the nation’s public health. The USA Center at the Texas A&M School of Public Health is the only center with a specific rural focus and is charged with supporting and developing the skills and competencies of emergency responders in rural areas of the United States.
The Southwest Rural Health Research Center (SRHRC), established in 2000, is one of only nine federally funded research centers by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. The center focuses on conducting policy relevant research on meeting the needs of special rural populations, minority populations and health disparities (including border populations), and rural systems building.
The Texas A&M Center for Worker Health helps industry and healthcare partners increase their competitiveness by improving worker performance, reducing workplace injuries and illnesses, and designing unique products and applications to combat the negative impacts of aging and obesity.
The Center for Health & Nature, is a collaboration between Houston Methodist, Texan by Nature, and the Texas A&M Health Science Center, focused on enhancing health and healing through nature. Researchers study the impact of nature on health with evidence-based programs that complement the full continuum of health care: prevention, treatment, and recovery.
