the world's poorest people who live below the world bank poverty level. the school currently offers a diploma in tropical medicine program as well as several non-degree courses and seminars for undergraduates, graduate students and professionals. plans are in development for masters and doctorate programs. the school provides clinical services at the tropical medicine clinic at harris health system's smith clinic, which opened on october 6, 2011. the mission of the clinic is to prevent, diagnose, and treat common and neglected tropical diseases in the houston metropolitan population and to improve occupational health for those working in regions where tropical diseases thrive. baylor travel medicine, an affiliate of the national school of tropical medicine, opened on may 10, 2012, offers medications, immunizations, counseling, and information customized for each patient's health needs. the national school of tropical medicine also conducts a comprehensive research and development program for producing a new generation of drugs, diagnostics and vaccines for the neglected tropical diseases (ntds) and neglected infections of poverty (niops), as well as fundamental and applied research against these diseases. residency training baylor college of medicine sponsors graduate medical education in more than 80 acgme-accredited, and 40 texas medical board (tmb)-approved training programs. at baylor college of medicine residents and fellows learn from one of the most diverse patient populations anywhere in the country. this is partially due to the diversity found within the city of houston, which has no single majority ethnic group. the hospitals of the texas medical center and houston's status as a hub for international industry also draw patients from every corner of the globe. adding to this diversity are the many and varied settings in which residents and fellows have the opportunity to train, including baylor st. luke's medical center and baylor's many affiliated hospitals. research biomedical research in 2013, baylor college of medicine ranked 19th in terms of research funding from the national institutes of health based on rankings done by the blue ridge institute,. baylor also ranked in the top 20 in eight specialty areas, including number one in the nation for genetics. bcm's research faculty includes seven members of the national academy of sciences, 14 members of the institute of medicine and three members of the howard hughes medical institute. centers the college has dedicated more than 800,000 square feet (70,000 m2) of its space for laboratory research. housed within this research space are a number of centers and facilities, such as: human genome sequencing center the human neuroimaging lab the dan l. duncan comprehensive cancer center the center for cell and gene therapy the huffington center on aging the vaccine research center the national center for macromolecular imaging the w.m. keck center for computational biology the epigenomics data analysis and coordination center core facilities, including microscopy, dna sequencing, microarray, and protein sequencing one of the largest transgenic mouse facilities in the country center for medical ethics and health policy center for precision environmental health children’s nutrition research center the dan l duncan institute for clinical and translational research national school of tropical medicine office of outreach and health disparities of the dan l duncan comprehensive cancer center undiagnosed diseases network baylor st. luke's medical center bcm is a co-owner of baylor st. luke's medical center, part of chi st. luke's health. it serves as the primary private adult teaching hospital for the college and ranks among the best hospitals in the nation for cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and gi surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, and pulmonology in u.s. news & world report. hospital affiliations major bcm teaching hospitals ben taub hospital debakey va medical center texas children's hospital bcm is affiliated with many of the hospitals of the texas medical center. bcm's affiliations include: name type beds opened affiliation date trauma center notes baylor st. luke's medical center adult, private 850 1954 1961 n/a 50/50 ownership between baylor college of medicine and catholic health initiatives texas children's hospital pediatric, private 973 1954 1954 level i, pediatric largest pediatric hospital in the country children's hospital of san antonio pediatric, private 194 1959 2013 level iii, pediatric harris health ben taub hospital adult, public 586 1963 1963 level i the university of texas md anderson cancer center cancer 681 1941 n/a largest cancer center in the country the menninger clinic psychiatric 120 1919 2003 n/a originally located in topeka, kansas. relocated to houston in june 2003. tirr - memorial hermann rehabilitation 134 1951 1951 n/a opened as southwestern poliomyelitis respiratory center, an annex to jefferson davis hospital michael e. debakey va medical center adult, veterans affairs 535 1945 1949 n/a baylor scott & white medical center - temple adult, private 636 1904 2020 level i cooperating patient care institutions community health centers cullen bayou place depelchin children's center houston child guidance center jewish family service cancer center kelsey-seybold clinic park plaza hospital quentin mease hospital seven acres jewish geriatric center houston shriners hospital (orthopedic) thomas street health center woman's hospital of texas baylor international pediatric aids initiative the baylor international pediatric aids initiative (bipai) at baylor college of medicine and texas children's hospital was established in 1996, and has rapidly become the world's largest university-based program dedicated to global pediatric and family hiv/aids care and treatment, health professional training and clinical research. baylor constructed and opened the world's two largest centers for the care and treatment of hiv-infected children and families, the romanian-american children's center in constanta, romania in 2001, and the botswana-baylor children's clinical center of excellence in gaborone, botswana in 2003, followed by uganda, lesotho, swaziland, malawi, and tanzania, where it has entered into partnership with the ministries of health to scale up pediatric hiv/aids care and treatment, and build and open new children's clinical centers of excellence. bipai also has created the pediatric aids corps, a model program to place up to 250 american pediatricians and infectious disease specialists in its african centers to vastly expand capacity for pediatric hiv/aids care and treatment and health professional training. major funders of bipai's activities include nih, centers for disease control and prevention (cdc), the bristol-myers squibb foundation, abbott laboratories, and numerous private and corporate foundations. notable faculty members this is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. christopher amos, phd — genetic epidemiologist (cancer) sharmila anandasabapathy, md — gastroenterologist, global health oluwatoyin asojo, phd — crystallographer, tropical medicine john c. baldwin, md — cardiovascular surgeon. first successful heart "auto-transplantation" to repair a cardiac tumor andrea ballabio, md — geneticist arthur l. beaudet, m.d. — geneticist, member of the national academy of sciences. christine beeton, phd — immunologist hugo j. bellen — developmental biologist; howard hughes medical investigator. malcolm brenner, md, phd. geneticist. william "bill" r. brinkley — cell biologist and early contributor to discovery of mitotic spindle apparatus william e. brownell, phd — biophysicist, researcher into mammalian hearing f. charles brunicardi, md — surgeon. editor-in-chief of schwartz's principles of surgery nathan bryan — industrial researcher and adjunct assistant professor janet s. butel, phd — molecular virologist selma calmes, md — anesthesiologist. c. thomas caskey — internist, geneticist and biomedical entrepreneur. discovered/investigated universality of the genetic code and its stop/start mechanism. howard hughes medical investigator. wah chiu, phd — biophysicist denton cooley, md — cardiovascular surgeon. innovations include aortic aneurysm repair, heart valve replacement, bloodless cardiac surgery for jehovah’s witnesses, 1st successful implantation of artificial heart. founder of the texas heart institute. winner, presidential medal of freedom. michael e. debakey, md — cardiovascular surgeon. innovations include coronary bypass, carotid endarterectomy, artificial heart, ventricular assist device, aortic aneurysm repair. winner, presidential medal of freedom, national medal of science, congressional gold medal. david eagleman, phd — neuroscientist, popular writer hashem el-serag, md — internist and gastroenterologist ralph feigin, md — pediatrician (infectious diseases). editor-in-chief, textbook of pediatric infectious diseases charles fraser, md — pediatric surgeon o. h. frazier, md — cardiovascular surgeon (heart transplants). glen gabbard, md — psychiatrist and psychoanalyst richard a. gibbs, phd — geneticist margaret goodell, phd — cancer biologist (stem cells) wayne goodman, md — psychiatrist. co-developer, yale–brown obsessive compulsive scale david c. hilmers, md, ms, mph — astronaut, internist, pediatrician donald holmquest, md, phd, jd — astronaut, radiologist (nuclear medicine), attorney peter hotez, md, phd — pediatrician (infectious diseases), tropical medicine mark kline, md — pediatrician (infectious diseases, hiv/aids). peter h. lin, md — cardiovascular surgeon james r. lupski, md, phd — molecular geneticist. co-discoverer, potocki-lupski syndrome kenneth mattox, md — surgeon elizabeth mcingvale, phd — social worker (ocd advocate) read montague, phd — neuroscientist daniel musher — microbiologist. david l. nelson, phd — cancer researcher bert w. o'malley — geneticist. national medal of science winner. member, national academy of sciences. c. kent osborne, md — oncologist. david poplack, md — pediatric oncologist. lorraine potocki, phd — medical geneticist. co discoverer, potocki-lupski syndrome and potocki-shaffer syndrome michael j. reardon, md — cardiovascular surgeon. first successful cardiac auto transplantation for cardiac sarcoma. joanne s. richards, phd — cell biologist (ovarian cancer). member, american academy of arts and sciences susan m. rosenberg, phd — cancer researcher (dna mutations) kevin slawin, md — urologist david sugarbaker, md — cardiovascular surgeon huda zoghbi — neuropsychiatrist. member of national academy of sciences; howard hughes investigator blaž zupan, phd — computer scientist in culture the male asian elephant calf born to shanti at the houston zoo on may 4, 2010, was named baylor in honor of the college and their research on elephant herpesvirus. affiliated schools michael e. debakey high school for health professions baylor college of medicine academy at ryan baylor college of medicine biotech academy at rusk