Rio Grande Region is Becoming a Biomedical Hotbed - BusinessClimate.com

Science and health care are evolving in the Rio Grande Region, producing more biomedical jobs, research and graduates than ever before.

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More than a decade ago, a local economic summit set forth a vision to position the region as a global leader of health delivery, education and research, specializing in issues unique to Hispanic, border and military populations. Since then, the approval of the El Paso Children's Hospital (opening in 2012), $1.25 million in medical scholarship funds, and the establishment of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Medical School, University Medical Center of El Paso and the Medical Center of the Americas Foundation have placed the region firmly on that path.

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