Temple Health & Bioscience District

What is it?: Healthcare economic-development district
Who is it for?: Health systems & healthcare investors
Why is it useful?: A Central Texas healthcare hub beyond Austin

About

Temple Health & Bioscience District (THBD), established in 2003, is a nonprofit economic-development district built around a Temple, Texas healthcare ecosystem that includes Baylor Scott & White Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple College and AgriLife Research. THBD recruits and retains medical talent and institutions, invests in medical-district infrastructure, and convenes public-private partnerships — a reminder that "Central Texas" extends well beyond Austin.

Leadership

Michael Norman

Key Features

Anchored by Baylor Scott & White Health
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Central Texas Veterans Health Care System
Medical-district infrastructure investment
Public-private partnership convening
~17,000+ regional healthcare jobs

Benefits

See a second major Central Texas healthcare hub beyond Austin.
Connect with the institutions anchoring Temple's medical economy.
Understand regional healthcare development outside the Austin core.

Articles, Tools & Additional Resources

About THBD (opens in a new tab)

Mission, anchor institutions and district history.

Board (opens in a new tab)

Governance and current board members.

Learn more

Temple Health & Bioscience District

Website: thbd.org (opens in a new tab)

Email: [email protected]

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