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Student Health and Wellness Center


Welcome to UTEP and to YOUR Student Health and Wellness Center!

UTEP Student Health and Wellness Center is here to meet the health care needs of our students so they can focus on their studies. As a student you have paid a medical service fee that allows you to be seen at the clinic as often as needed. Office visits are low cost as well as any needed lab tests.

The Student Health and Wellness Center offers the same types of services you can get from your family doctor. Our services include general medical care as well as specialty in Women's and Men's wellness exams, Nutrition Services, and STD screening. We also provide routine immunizations and TB testing required by many educational programs at UTEP.


​Office Hours

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
8AM - 5PM  8AM - 5PM  8AM - 5PM  8AM - 5PM  8AM - 5PM  Closed Closed

 

COMMITMENT TO APPOINTMENT POLICY

It is our goal at the Student Health and Wellness Center to provide efficient and effective care for all of our patients. To meet that goal we reserve time for each patient in our practice. An appointment in our schedule with your name on it is a bond of trust indicating we will be here to serve you and you will be present for that appointment.

If you fail to show up for your scheduled appointment or to cancel/reschedule your appointment at least 24 hours in advance as required, you will be charged a NO SHOW FEE in the amount of $25.00. This fee will appear on your Goldmine account.

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FEATURED NEWS


UTEP Honors Program Celebrates 40th Anniversary

The University Honors Program at The University of Texas of El Paso is celebrating four decades of working hard to give students a competitive edge and providing them with premier opportunities that yield a foundation for professional success.

UTEP is the subrecipient of a $1 million implementation grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP). RCORP partners include, from left, Thenral Mangadu, UTEP associate professor of public health sciences; Julie Priego, Aliviane, Inc., divisional director prevention/intervention; and Rosa Escalante, RCORP program coordinator. Photo: Ivan Pierre Aguirre, UTEP Communications.

UTEP Partnership Receives Federal Grant to Combat Opioid Abuse in West Texas Counties

EL PASO, Texas – The University of Texas at El Paso’s Minority AIDS Research Center (MARC) is the subrecipient of a $1 million implementation grant to target substance use disorders and opioid use disorders in five rural counties along the Texas-Mexico border.

UTEP's Master of Social Work (MSW) program has been ranked No. 2 for best graduate social work program in Texas by SocialWorkDegree.org. Photo of 2018 MSW graduates courtesy of the Department of Social Work.

UTEP Social Work Graduate Program Ranked No. 2 in Texas

EL PASO, Texas – The University of Texas at El Paso’s Master of Social Work (MSW) program in the College of Health Sciences has been ranked No. 2 for best graduate social work program in Texas by SocialWorkDegree.org, an online resource focused on social work education and career advancement.

UTEP Associate Professor Oralia Loza, left, and Brenda Risch, Ph.D., Borderland Rainbow Center executive director, right, collaborated on a survey that examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Texas' LGBTQ+ population. Photo: Ivan Pierre Aguirre / UTEP Communications

UTEP College of Health Sciences Collaborates on LGBTQ+ COVID-19 Texas Study

As a queer Latinx immigrant, William Campillo Terrazas, a pharmacy student at The University of Texas at El Paso, understands full well the unique challenges facing the LGBTQ+ population during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Emre Umucu, Ph.D., (pictured) assistant professor of rehabilitation counseling, and Beatrice Lee, an incoming rehabilitation counseling faculty member, examined the perceived stress levels and coping mechanisms related to COVID-19, and how coping affects well-being in people with self-reported chronic conditions and disabilities. Photo: JR Hernandez / UTEP Communications

UTEP Study Examines COVID-19 Stress, Coping Strategies, and Well-Being

EL PASO, Texas – Active coping, denial, emotional support, humor and religion are among the coping strategies that help people with chronic conditions and disabilities deal with stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recently published study written by researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso.

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The University of Texas at El Paso
Student Heath and Wellness Center
Union Building East
351 W. University Ave. Ste 100
El Paso, Texas 79968

E: studenthealth@utep.edu
P: (915) 747 - 5624
F: (915) 747 - 5015