About the Community

BRYAN AND COLLEGE STATION (B/CS)
Texas A&M University is located in College Station, Texas. Together with its neighbor city, Bryan, the Bryan/College Station area is a vital community of more than 130,000 people. The community offers many amenities of a metropolitan area in a more relaxed, college-town atmosphere. The cost of living in B/CS is relatively low.

CLIMATE
The climate is conducive to outdoor recreation activities year-round. Nature is an integral part of life in College Station, with over 1,100 acres of beautifully maintained public parks and sports facilities enhancing the city. Recreational activities are plentiful, with numerous golf courses, lush nature trails, challenging bike paths and sports leagues of every kind, including national, state and local tournaments. The community offers a comfortable quality of life without the attendant problems of congested urban areas.

College Station is also one of the safest, most family-friendly places in Texas. The city consistently maintains one of the lowest crime rates in the state, giving peace of mind to residents and business owners.

LOCATION
If there is something you cannot find here, Houston is only an hour and 15-minute drive away. The state capital of Austin, with its renowned live music scene, is less than 2 hours to the west, and the historic Gulf Coast town of Galveston is about 2 hours to the south. The Dallas/FortWorth metroplex and San Antonio are also within easy driving distance (approximately 3 hours).
Geographically, Bryan/College Station lies at the center of a triangle connecting Houston, Dallas, and Austin.

SCHOOLS
One of Texas top 10 school districts, College Station Independent School District was named a "Blue Ribbon School District" by Expansion Management Magazine and Newsweek magazine listed A&M Consolidated High School as one of American's top 100 high schools.

UNIVERSITY ATTRACTIONS
College Station features the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, one the region's most popular tourist attractions with over 690,000 visitors. The University also has a state-of-the art recreational sports complex for student use and a complete schedule of Big 12 Conference collegiate sporting events. A variety of cultural activities, including ballet, classical music, and
jazz are organized by the University.

OTHER LINKS
http://www.visitaggieland.com/
http://www.cstx.gov/home/index.asp
http://www.monstermoving.monster.com/Find_a_Place/Compare2Cities/
http://www.stata.com/employment/bcs.html

INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM
City of College Station website
Texas A&M University website

Government Links

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/
National Institutes of Health: http://www.nih.gov/
Food and Drug Administration: http://www.fda.gov/
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture: http://www.usda.gov/
Dept. of Health and Human Services: http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
USGS National Wildlife Center: http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/
APHIS (Veterinary Epi.): http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ceah/ceahpage.htm
Texas Department of Health: http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/

Employment Links

Public Health Jobs Worldwide: http://www.jobspublichealth.com/
Public Health Employment Connection: http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology: http://www.apic.org/
RTI Health Solutions (Epi. consulting): http://www.rtihs.org/about_employment.cfm
Links from the ASPH: http://www.sph.emory.edu/ASPH/students/EPI.html
American Statistical Association: http://www.amstat.org/
Medzilla: http://www.medzilla.com/

Organizations

Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine: http://www.svepm.org.uk/
American Public Health Association: http://www.apha.org/
American College of Epidemiology: http://acepidemiology.org/
American Medical Association: http://www.ama-assn.org/
World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/en/
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology: http://www.iseepi.org/
Wildlife Disease Association: http://www.wildlifedisease.org/
The International Epidemiological Association: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/iea/
Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine: http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/atvphpm/

Health Related

MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
ProMED-mail: http://www.promedmail.org/pls/askus/f?p=2400:1000

Texas A&M University

Homepage: www.tamu.edu
Financial Aid: http://financialaid.tamu.edu/
Vet School homepage: http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/

Education / Data Resources

Epi. Educational materials: http://www.epidemiolog.net/
CDC Public Health Datasets: http://wonder.cdc.gov/
EpiInfo: http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/index.htm
Texas Natural Resource Information Service (GIS data): http://www.tnris.state.tx.us/informat
CDC National Center for Health Statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

Clearing Houses

Links to other websites with useful information:
http://www.epibiostat.ucsf.edu/epidem/epidem.html
http://epicentre.massey.ac.nz/