Center for Health and Biosciences
Advancing data-based policies that promote health and well-being in the U.S. and around the world.
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Featured Research
Featured Experts
Programs
Neuro-Policy
U.S. Health System Transformation
Child Health Policy
Global Health
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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Recent Events
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Research
Screening Patients for Non-Medical Needs Is Valuable Even When Clinicians Can’t Resolve Identified Needs
Striving for Maternal Health Equity: The Biden-Harris Blueprint
Bioengineered Organisms in the Environment: How to Contain Them?
Promoted Yet Unproven: How State Laws Expand Access to Unchecked Stem Cell Interventions
Mental Health in High Schools: A Houston Survey
Baker Briefing: Child Health and Urban Design
Past Events
Fellows and Scholars
Affiliated Experts
Rachel Tolbert Kimbro
Daniel S. Wagner
Research Staff
Charles W. Mathias
About the Center
The Center for Health and Biosciences (CHB) employs comprehensive research analysis to develop health policy recommendations that promote health and well-being in the United States and globally. Combining researchers from Rice University and the Texas Medical Center, the CHB offers a unique setting for medical and policy professionals to address four major research themes: U.S. health care, global health, public health and the future of medicine. Within these areas, research questions capitalize on specific areas of expertise among our fellows and scholars, including health economics, maternal and child health, biomedical research policy, and the control of neglected infectious diseases.
For more information:
Kaitlin May
Program Manager
Center for Health and Biosciences
Phone: (713) 348-4683
E-mail: kaitlin.may@rice.edu