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
Jordana Barton
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, San Antonio
Karen Batory
Texas Medical Association
Nora Belcher
Texas e-Health Alliance
Eric Boerwinkle
UTHealth Science Center, Houston
Brooke Boston
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Kirk Calhoun
The University of Texas at Tyler
Lynn Crismon
University of Texas at Austin
Katrina Daniel
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Nancy Dickey
Texas A&M University
Jamie Dudensing
Texas Association of Health Plans (TAHP)
Jana Eubank
Texas Association of Community Health Centers
Victoria Ford
Health and Human Services Commission
Kay Ghahremani
Texas Association of Community-based Health Plans
Greg Hartman
The Texas A&M University System
John Hellerstedt
Texas Department of State Health Services
Ginny Lewis
Texas Association of Regional Councils
Elena Marks
Episcopal Health Foundation
Amy McGeady
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Octavio N. Martinez, Jr.
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
Billy Philips
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
Jennifer Potter
UT Health San Antonio
Adrianna Cuellar Rojas
United Ways of Texas
Eduardo Sanchez
American Heart Association
Ankit Sanghavi
Texas Health Institute
Stephen J. Spann
University of Houston College of Medicine
Anna Stelter
Texas Hospital Association
Alan Stevens
Texas A&M College of Medicine
Dennis Thombs
UNT Health Science Center
Jaime Wesolowski
Methodist Healthcare Ministries
Stephen Williams
Houston Department of Health
Communications: Laura Cruzada, lcruzada@utsystem.edu
