Legislative History
The Texas Health Improvement Network (THIN) was created by the 84th legislature of the State of Texas through statute and signed into law by Governor Abbott in 2015. The purpose of THIN is to catalyze population health improvement and increase health equity in Texas through multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional partnerships. THIN is administered by The University of Texas System, through the Office of Health Affairs.
Mission
THIN seeks to:
- Serve as a trusted resource for decision-makers.
- Facilitate the use of data to drive population health.
- Align and increase resources for population health.
- Support local and regional health improvement efforts.
Advisory Council
The THIN Advisory Council is a group of thirty leaders from both traditional and non-traditional sectors impacting health. (See attached for list of current members.) When the Council was established in 2016 it included members representing the state health agencies, state healthcare trade organizations, and the large Texas public employer and academic systems, including Teachers Retirement System of Texas, Employees Retirement System of Texas, University of Texas System, Texas A&M University System, Texas Tech University System, and University of North Texas System. At its inception the Council also included representation from several regional national organizations including the Federal Reserve, Episcopal Health Foundation, Houston Department of Health and Human Services, and American Heart Association.
Advisory Council Executive Officers
David Lakey
UT System
Lewis Foxhall
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Advisory Council Members
Ann Barnes
Episcopal Health Foundation
Karen Batory
Texas Medical Association
Eric Boerwinkle
UTHealth Science Center, Houston
Brooke Boston
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Nora Cox
Texas e-Health Alliance
Lynn Crismon
University of Texas at Austin
Katrina Daniel
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Natasha Dixon
Health and Human Services Commission
Jamie Dudensing
Texas Association of Health Plans (TAHP)
Jana Eubank
Texas Association of Community Health Centers
Victoria Ford
Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute
Kay Ghahremani
Texas Association of Community-based Health Plans
Deanna Hoelscher
UT Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
Ginny Lewis Ford
Texas Association of Regional Councils
Octavio N. Martinez, Jr.
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
Charles Mathias
Rice University - Baker Institute
Billy Philips
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
Stephen Pont
Texas Department of State Health Services
Jennifer Potter
UT Health San Antonio
Olga Rodriguez
Texas A&M Health
Eduardo Sanchez
American Heart Association
Ankit Sanghavi
Texas Health Institute
Shao-Chee Sim
Episcopal Health Foundation
Jennifer Shuford
Texas Department of State Health Services
Lee Spangler
UT Health Houston
Anna Stelter
Texas Hospital Association
Ryan VanRamshorst
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Jaime Wesolowski
Methodist Healthcare Ministries
Jamie Williams
It's Time Texas
Stephen Williams
Houston Department of Health and Human Services
Communications: Nagla Elerian nelerian@utsystem.edu
