The University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education The mission of The University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education is to foster excellence in education in the health sciences by recognition of outstanding educators and advancement of knowledge and innovation in the field of education.   AWARDS CONFERENCES GRANTS MEMBERS & COMMITTEES The six pillars of The University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education represent the ideals of the members. Professus = Professionalism and profession, from the Latin professus, meaning to have affirmed publicly. Philosophia = Love of knowledge, from the Greek philosophia meaning love (philo) and the pursuit of knowledge. (sophia). Diversitas = Diversity, presence of a wide range of variation in the qualities or attributes, from the Latin diversitas Scientia = Science, from the Latin scientia meaning knowledge. Hygienia = Health, hygiene is the science that deals with the principles and practices of good health, from the Greek Hygienia, goddess of health. Humanus = Humanitarianism, devotion to the promotion of human welfare and the advancement of social reforms, from the Latin humanus meaning pertaining to man.   The six pillars also represent the six academic health science campuses of the University of Texas System: The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center The University of Teaxas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas UTHC Tyler UTHSC Houston UTHSC San Antonio UTMB Galveston UT M.D. Anderson UT Southwestern Note: Links to UT System and all academic health science campuses open in new windows