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Neuro-Policy
An interdisciplinary approach to addressing brain health challenges and advancing economic opportunity.
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Addressing critical aspects of the U.S. health system — including access, quality, cost and outcomes.
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Investigating the root causes of adverse health outcomes in children and identifying policy solutions.
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Studying health around the world, focusing on health care policies in low-income settings.
Read More Migration Initiative
With an interdisciplinary and interrelated approach, the Baker Institute Migration Initiative — a collaboration between the Center for Health and Biosciences, Center for the U.S. and Mexico and Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East — focuses on the economic, legal, health and social and environmental aspects of migration.
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Center for Health and Biosciences | Upcoming Event
April 17, 2023
The People’s Hospital: A Conversation with Ricardo Nuila Learn More Research
Increase Support for Public Pre-K in Texas
Texas should invest in its public pre-K program to address pandemic losses and provide valuable high…
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Voting for Party, Not for Public Health
Vaccines are one of the most successful and significant public health measures in the 20th century…
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Boost Texas Health Outcomes Through Smart Spending
Texas can counter rising health care costs and declining health outcomes by investing more of its…
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Election 2024: Policy Playbook | Center for Health and Biosciences | Firearm Injury Prevention and Safety | Policy Brief
Increase the Minimum Age for Firearm Purchases
Raising the purchasing age for semiautomatic rifles to age 21 years in Texas has the potential to…
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Election 2024: Policy Playbook | Center for Health and Biosciences | Science and Technology Policy | Policy Brief
Restore Vaccine Confidence for US Public and Economic Health
Vaccines are a valuable, cost-effective public health tool to prevent the spread of infectious…
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Nonprofit Hospitals and Medical Debt in Texas
Texas hospitals perform more reduced-cost care charity care than most of in the country, yet many…
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Affiliated Experts
David Alexander
Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar | Professor of Physics and Astronomy | Director, Rice Space Institute
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Rachel Tolbert Kimbro
Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar | Dean, School of Social Sciences
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Daniel S. Wagner
Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar | Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
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Charles W. Mathias
Director, Texas Consortium for the Non-Medical Drivers of Health, Center for Health and Biosciences
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