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Welcome to UNM Health Sciences Center

The University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center is New Mexico’s healthcare and academic medicine leader. Our uniquely diverse population is dedicated to making sure New Mexicans in all parts of the state have access to quality, cutting-edge health care when and where they need it. We change lives in our community while forwarding medical research and innovation on a national level.

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Committed to Education, Care and Research

UNM HSC is advancing knowledge and understanding in the most vital areas of human health, with a focus on the priority health needs of our communities.
  • 900,000 Patient visits per year
  • 1,700 Providers in a range of specialities
  • 2,153 Students enrolled in 2017
  • $161 M+ Research grants awarded
  • $1.6 B Contributed to economy each year

New Mexico's Only Dedicated Children's Hospital

UNM Children’s Hospital is the only full-service children’s hospital in the state. We treat your kids as our own.

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Summer Safety Series: Signs of Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke — and When to Act

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:00:00 GMT

This summer, keep your activities and adventures fun and safe by preparing for heat illness. In Part 3 of UNM Health’s Summer Safety Series, emergency medicine physician Jon Femling, MD, PhD, at The University of New Mexico Hospital talks about how heat...

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Cup Contamination: Research Reveals Alarming Microplastic Levels in Beverages

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:05:00 GMT

For most Americans, the daily ritual of drinking their daily cup of coffee or tea is second nature. However, new research reveals that hot drinks delivered in to-go beverage cups contain surprising contaminants in the form of microplastics. Fortunately,...

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Summer Safety Series: Watch Out for Water and Weather

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT

New Mexico’s monsoon season is here. That means outdoor weather can change from sunny and hot to a torrential downpour in a matter of minutes. In part 2 of UNM Health’s Summer Safety Series, Jon Femling, MD, PhD, UNM Hospital emergency medicine...

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Over Decades, A Healthy Lifestyle Outperforms Metformin in Preventing Onset of Type 2 Diabetes

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:19:00 GMT

In the early 2000s the U.S. Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a large randomized clinical trial, showed that intensive lifestyle modification was better than a medication called metformin at preventing at-risk patients from developing Type 2...

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A Strategic Focus on Improving Community Health

UNM plays a vital role in advancing health and health equity for all New Mexicans, adressing housing, education, food, transportation, utilities, income and social inclusion.

The Office for Community Health has developed powerful strategies to touch the lives of individuals, communities, the state, the nation and world.

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