Centers and Institutes
This listing is a complete listing of university- and college-based centers and institutes that have been evaluated by the Research and Scholarship Committee (RSC) and classified as centers and institutes that conduct a signficant amount of research activity. Centers and institutes not listed below may conduct research, but are more academic or scholarly in nature. Should a center or institute not listed below seek to be classified as a research center, it should submit to the RSC a proposal as described in these guidelines.
University Centers
- Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AMI)
Director: Venkat Selvamanickam - Center for Carbon Management in Energy (CCME)
Co-Directors: Ramanan Krishnamoorti and Tracy Hester - Drug Discovery Institute
Director: Richard Willson - HEALTH Research Institute
Interim Director: Virmarie Correa-Fernandez - Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute (HPE DSI)
A joint research and academic center managed by the DOR and Office of the Provost
Director: Claudia Neuhauser - Hurricane Resilience Research Institute (HuRRI)*
Director: Hanadi Rifai - Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH)
Director: Zhifeng Ren - Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics (TIMES)
Director: David Francis
*Provisional university center pending RSC review and recommendation
College/Department Centers
- Biology of Behavior Institute
- Building Reliable Advances and Innovation in Neurotechnology (BRAIN) Center
- Center for Electromagnetic Compatibility
- Center for Experimental Therapeutics and PharmacoInformatics
- Center for Integrated Bio and Nano Systems
- Center for Neuro-Engineering and Cognitive Sciences
- Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling
- Center for Population Health Outcomes and Pharmacoepidemiology Education and Research (CPHOPER) - PHOPER Center
- Child & Family Center for Innovative Research
- Community Design Resource Center (CDRC)
- Heart and Kidney Institute
- Houston Coastal Center
- Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science
- Institute for Drug Education and Research
- Institute of Community Health
- Maternal Health Equity Research and Training Center
- Mental Health Research and Innovation in Treatment Engagement and
Service Institute (MH‐RITES) - Prescription Drug Misuse Education and Research Center (PREMIER)
- Texas Center for Learning Disorders