The Austin Fund for Quality Healthcare is a nonprofit that operates HealthyATX, a program created to build support for a medical school. Its mission is to "coordinate the expansion of innovative medical education, research and public health through community collaboration, fostering cooperation between community institutions and the creation of public/private partnerships in order to position Central Texas as a center for accessible, world-class healthcare for everyone, to create jobs and increase economic prosperity."
Austin Fund for Quality Healthcare"Austin is the biggest city in America with a Tier One research university (UT-Austin) but without a medical school."