University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program

Houston, TX

University J1

Specialty:Allergy and immunology

ACGME Code:0204800001

NRMP Code:-

Status:Initial Accreditation

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Program data

ACGME History

Accreditation Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

Initial accreditation3

Full accreditation0

Continued0

Warning0

Probationary Accreditation0

Withdrawal0

#	Academic Year	Status	Effective Date
01	2024 - 2025	Initial Accreditation	Mar 20, 2025
02	2025 - 2026	Initial Accreditation	Mar 20, 2025
03	2026 - 2027	Initial Accreditation	Mar 20, 2025

Program

Program Size

-- (2 years)

Accreditation Status

Initial Accreditation

(Effective: March 20, 2025)

Composition

Training

Faculty-to-Residents Ratio:2.5X

Quality of Life

First Year Paid Sick Leave: 12 days

First Year Paid Vacation: 15 days

First Year Salary: $71,671

Program source

Admission

Visa Sponsorship:J1

YOG Cutoff:--

Visa policy source

Gender

No gender data available.

Rotation Duration by Site

Rotation Duration Chart Data

Benchmarks

Scores

Roster

Publications

3 Publications (5 yr)

Peer-reviewed output from faculty and residents, last 5 years

3 Publications (5 yr)

npj aging2026

From wrist data to lifespan: elucidating inflammation-driven biological aging via activity rhythms captured by wearable devices.

Jinjoo Shim,¹Faraz Bishehsari,²Mahboobeh Mahdavinia,³Jamie M Zeitzer,⁴

PMID: 41748644doi.org/10.1038/s41514-026-00349-x

Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology2026

The concept of environmental injustice in allergy and asthma.

Ekta Perera,¹

PMID: 41372800doi.org/10.1097/ACI.0000000000001127

Location

Houston, TX

Population

2,304,580

Median income

$62,637On par

Education

37.1%Above

Employment

64.2%Below

Health

22.7%Above

Age

34On par

Above the national average
Below the national average
Similar to the national average

Housing — Rental prices

Rental prices

Typical Observed Market Rent Index - ZORI Over Time

Date

Region - Houston, TX

State - Texas

United States

1/31/2015

$1,176

$1,111

$1,193

2/28/2015

$1,179

$1,115

$1,199

3/31/2015

$1,182

$1,115

$1,206

4/30/2015

$1,183

$1,118

$1,213

5/31/2015

$1,184

$1,116

$1,228

6/30/2015

$1,188

$1,118

$1,233

7/31/2015

$1,189

$1,122

$1,235

8/31/2015

$1,194

$1,126

$1,241

9/30/2015

$1,194

$1,130

$1,245

10/31/2015

$1,196

$1,133

$1,253

11/30/2015

$1,198

$1,131

$1,259

12/31/2015

$1,199

$1,139

$1,263

1/31/2016

$1,200

$1,142

$1,275

2/29/2016

$1,199

$1,144

$1,279

3/31/2016

$1,202

$1,140

$1,282

4/30/2016

$1,203

$1,141

$1,285

5/31/2016

$1,202

$1,132

$1,291

6/30/2016

$1,200

$1,133

$1,294

7/31/2016

$1,201

$1,136

$1,295

8/31/2016

$1,203

$1,140

$1,303

9/30/2016

$1,200

$1,142

$1,307

10/31/2016

$1,199

$1,141

$1,311

11/30/2016

$1,196

$1,143

$1,312

12/31/2016

$1,196

$1,142

$1,313

1/31/2017

$1,197

$1,138

$1,317

2/28/2017

$1,203

$1,144

$1,324

3/31/2017

$1,209

$1,149

$1,335

4/30/2017

$1,208

$1,153

$1,346

5/31/2017

$1,211

$1,157

$1,353

6/30/2017

$1,209

$1,160

$1,357

7/31/2017

$1,210

$1,159

$1,359

8/31/2017

$1,208

$1,160

$1,363

9/30/2017

$1,219

$1,164

$1,406

10/31/2017

$1,229

$1,168

$1,414

11/30/2017

$1,242

$1,174

$1,413

12/31/2017

$1,251

$1,178

$1,420

1/31/2018

$1,255

$1,178

$1,422

2/28/2018

$1,261

$1,181

$1,427

3/31/2018

$1,258

$1,183

$1,429

4/30/2018

$1,263

$1,186

$1,434

5/31/2018

$1,260

$1,189

$1,438

6/30/2018

$1,264

$1,193

$1,444

7/31/2018

$1,264

$1,195

$1,449

8/31/2018

$1,266

$1,200

$1,455

9/30/2018

$1,266

$1,203

$1,461

10/31/2018

$1,268

$1,206

$1,465

11/30/2018

$1,271

$1,211

$1,473

12/31/2018

$1,270

$1,215

$1,482

1/31/2019

$1,270

$1,219

$1,492

2/28/2019

$1,266

$1,217

$1,495

3/31/2019

$1,270

$1,225

$1,503

4/30/2019

$1,273

$1,228

$1,509

5/31/2019

$1,280

$1,229

$1,514

6/30/2019

$1,284

$1,234

$1,519

7/31/2019

$1,288

$1,239

$1,526

8/31/2019

$1,292

$1,241

$1,531

9/30/2019

$1,293

$1,244

$1,534

10/31/2019

$1,292

$1,247

$1,541

11/30/2019

$1,290

$1,251

$1,545

12/31/2019

$1,293

$1,254

$1,552

1/31/2020

$1,297

$1,256

$1,560

2/29/2020

$1,303

$1,260

$1,565

3/31/2020

$1,309

$1,264

$1,565

4/30/2020

$1,304

$1,262

$1,566

5/31/2020

$1,295

$1,258

$1,563

6/30/2020

$1,283

$1,256

$1,562

7/31/2020

$1,282

$1,259

$1,571

8/31/2020

$1,283

$1,263

$1,574

9/30/2020

$1,285

$1,267

$1,586

10/31/2020

$1,289

$1,275

$1,593

11/30/2020

$1,293

$1,283

$1,602

12/31/2020

$1,295

$1,291

$1,606

1/31/2021

$1,300

$1,301

$1,613

2/28/2021

$1,301

$1,310

$1,620

3/31/2021

$1,308

$1,316

$1,629

4/30/2021

$1,318

$1,334

$1,649

5/31/2021

$1,335

$1,355

$1,663

6/30/2021

$1,356

$1,386

$1,686

7/31/2021

$1,375

$1,395

$1,707

8/31/2021

$1,394

$1,412

$1,729

9/30/2021

$1,410

$1,446

$1,752

10/31/2021

$1,421

$1,466

$1,767

11/30/2021

$1,431

$1,481

$1,777

12/31/2021

$1,438

$1,496

$1,791

1/31/2022

$1,446

$1,527

$1,800

2/28/2022

$1,455

$1,537

$1,820

3/31/2022

$1,462

$1,543

$1,829

4/30/2022

$1,471

$1,549

$1,841

5/31/2022

$1,477

$1,561

$1,852

6/30/2022

$1,483

$1,575

$1,861

7/31/2022

$1,487

$1,585

$1,868

8/31/2022

$1,489

$1,583

$1,872

9/30/2022

$1,491

$1,595

$1,875

10/31/2022

$1,492

$1,592

$1,873

11/30/2022

$1,493

$1,585

$1,875

12/31/2022

$1,497

$1,582

$1,874

1/31/2023

$1,502

$1,582

$1,877

2/28/2023

$1,510

$1,590

$1,879

3/31/2023

$1,517

$1,595

$1,884

4/30/2023

$1,519

$1,596

$1,886

5/31/2023

$1,521

$1,599

$1,886

6/30/2023

$1,522

$1,596

$1,886

7/31/2023

$1,524

$1,597

$1,891

8/31/2023

$1,523

$1,597

$1,908

9/30/2023

$1,520

$1,602

$1,912

10/31/2023

$1,522

$1,603

$1,916

11/30/2023

$1,525

$1,604

$1,918

12/31/2023

$1,530

$1,619

$1,921

1/31/2024

$1,532

$1,631

$1,928

2/29/2024

$1,533

$1,620

$1,932

3/31/2024

$1,530

$1,632

$1,935

4/30/2024

$1,532

$1,636

$1,942

5/31/2024

$1,535

$1,638

$1,946

6/30/2024

$1,543

$1,645

$1,973

7/31/2024

$1,544

$1,645

$1,958

8/31/2024

$1,547

$1,642

$1,992

9/30/2024

$1,548

$1,641

$1,993

10/31/2024

$1,552

$1,639

$1,995

11/30/2024

$1,554

$1,638

$1,999

12/31/2024

$1,555

$1,643

$2,003

1/31/2025

$1,555

$1,646

$2,006

2/28/2025

$1,556

$1,655

$2,007

3/31/2025

$1,559

$1,651

$2,016

4/30/2025

$1,559

$1,651

$2,019

5/31/2025

$1,558

$1,649

$2,022

6/30/2025

$1,554

$1,653

$2,026

7/31/2025

$1,554

$1,654

$2,029

8/31/2025

$1,554

$1,655

$2,027

9/30/2025

$1,556

$1,656

$2,030

10/31/2025

$1,553

$1,656

$2,052

11/30/2025

$1,551

$1,662

$2,095

12/31/2025

$1,547

$1,660

$2,086

1/31/2026

$1,545

$1,665

$2,160

2/28/2026

$1,541

$1,674

$2,178

Crime — All violent offences

Rate per 100,000 residents

Rate per 100,000 people Over Time

Date

Region - Houston, TX

State - Texas

United States

4/1/2021

220

5/1/2021

247

100

6/1/2021

237

7/1/2021

239

101

8/1/2021

231

9/1/2021

219

10/1/2021

225

11/1/2021

198

12/1/2021

213

1/1/2022

210

2/1/2022

193

3/1/2022

218

4/1/2022

215

5/1/2022

244

104

6/1/2022

224

7/1/2022

230

102

8/1/2022

226

9/1/2022

211

10/1/2022

212

11/1/2022

197

12/1/2022

202

1/1/2023

201

2/1/2023

175

3/1/2023

213

4/1/2023

205

5/1/2023

220

6/1/2023

212

7/1/2023

221

8/1/2023

216

9/1/2023

203

10/1/2023

207

11/1/2023

196

12/1/2023

210

1/1/2024

187

2/1/2024

189

3/1/2024

235

4/1/2024

231

5/1/2024

243

6/1/2024

228

7/1/2024

224

8/1/2024

222

9/1/2024

214

10/1/2024

229

11/1/2024

196

12/1/2024

192

1/1/2025

168

2/1/2025

153

3/1/2025

187

4/1/2025

190

5/1/2025

197

6/1/2025

184

7/1/2025

185

8/1/2025

186

9/1/2025

168

10/1/2025

168

11/1/2025

155

12/1/2025

153

1/1/2026

142

2/1/2026

100

3/1/2026

Living in Houston, TX

Houston, TX, is a diverse and vibrant city with a lot to offer. Here is some information to consider:

Crime Rate and Safety

Houston is a big city with varying neighborhoods. It's always advisable to research specific areas for safety ratings before choosing where to live.

Fun Activities

Houston offers a wide range of cultural attractions, restaurants, parks, and museums. The city is also known for its sports teams and outdoor activities.

Climate

Houston has a humid subtropical climate with hot summers and mild winters. Be prepared for high humidity levels.

Races and Population

Houston's population is very diverse, with a mix of different races and ethnicities, contributing to a rich cultural landscape.

Education

Houston has several universities and colleges, providing opportunities for learning and research.

Cost of Living

The cost of living in Houston is generally lower than in many other major U.S. cities. Housing costs can vary depending on the neighborhood.

Proximity to Bigger Cities

Houston is relatively close to other major cities like Austin (about 2.5 to 3 hours by car) and San Antonio (about 3 to 3.5 hours by car). Both cities offer their own unique attractions and are great for weekend getaways.

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External Links

1. Program website - salary and benefits - https://med.uth.edu/gme/residents-stipend-benefits/

2. Program website - visa sponsorship - https://med.uth.edu/internalmedicine/allergy-immunology/education/fellowship/how-to-apply/

3. United States Census Bureau - https://data.census.gov/profile/City,_VS?g=160XX00US4835000

4. Zillow Research - Observed Rent Index (ZORI) - https://www.zillow.com/research/data/

5. FBI - Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (Uniform Crime Reporting Program) - https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr

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