Texas Woman’s University opened its new Institute of Health Sciences-Houston Center in August, 2006. Located at 6700 Fannin, in the heart of Houston’s world renowned Texas Medical Center, the new Houston Center is a 10-story, 202,000 square-foot “campus in one building” that was funded at no cost to the state through an innovative public/private partnership that has raised nearly $40 million for the new building.
Currently, more than 1,300 students majoring in nursing, physical therapy, library science, healthcare administration, occupational therapy and nutrition are enrolled at the TWU Houston Center. The building was designed by Kirksey Architects and built by Vaughn Construction, both of Houston.
Congratulations Dr. Judith McFarlane!
Dr. Judy McFarlane was selected as the recipient of the “2009 Kathryn S. Stream Award for Excellence in Women’s Healthtoday” (May 14) at a luncheon at The Courtyard at St. James Place. The event was cosponsored by the TMC Women’s Health Network and the Women’s Health Fund.
Judith McFarlane, PhD, a nurse investigator at Texas Woman’s University, has published 145 peer reviewed articles documenting domestic abuse of women and evidence-based interventions for prevent intimate partner violence. In February 2009 her work was cited by U. S. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her opinion statement about gun removal from batterers. Dr. McFarlane’s research on intimate partner violence during pregnancy was recently featured in a Washington Post series and on CNN.
