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Feds fund $45M Rice-led research that could slash US …

WEBThe Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has awarded $45 million to rapidly develop sense-and-respond implant technology that could slash U.S. cancer-related …

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Health departments for Houston, Harris County should …

WEBWhile most large Texas cities are served by one public health agency, the presence of two health departments in the Houston area — one run by Harris County and one by the city …

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Everything’s bigger in Texas. That includes the health care system

WEBHOUSTON – (Oct. 18, 2022) – Texas’ health care industry is the most robust in the nation, but that hasn’t translated to better outcomes for its citizens, according to a new report …

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CDC names Houston Health Department, Rice a wastewater …

WEBBy SHAWN HUTCHINS Special to the Rice News. A system to track COVID-19 through Houston’s wastewater became the basis of an epidemiology center that has now earned …

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Rice’s OpenStax awarded $90M to lead first-of-its-kind NSF …

WEBOpenStax at Rice University was awarded $90 million from the National Science Foundation to build and lead SafeInsights, a groundbreaking research and development (R&D) hub …

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More hospital price transparency needed to slow rising costs, says

WEBHOUSTON -- (March 22, 2022) -- The rising costs of hospital care -- among the major contributors to rising health care costs as a whole-- can be alleviated by requiring …

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Rice’s Medical Humanities Research Institute has transformational

WEBRice University recently launched its Medical Humanities Research Institute, the only institute in the United States and one of the few in the world that is solely dedicated to …

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Rep. Luttrell discusses Houston’s brain health future at Baker

WEBU.S. Representative for Texas’ 8th Congressional District Morgan Luttrell spoke at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy March 28 on brain health and its importance …

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NIH grant backs study focused on Alzheimer’s in women

WEBRice University postdoctoral fellow Hannah Ballard has won a three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the link between the transition to menopause …

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Houston’s potential to lead on brain health in focus at Baker …

WEBThe Colloquium on Brain Capital Dec. 5 brought together experts from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and the university’s Office of Innovation to discuss …

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Rice launches certificate programs in healthcare management, …

WEBHOUSTON - (July 13, 2023) - Rice University’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies (GSCS) has opened enrollment for two new professional certificate …

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Religion and science beliefs affect attitudes toward mental illness

WEBHOUSTON – March 5, 2024 – Beliefs about the relationship between religion and science may be a key factor in people’s views on mental health conditions like anxiety and …

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NIH funds new Baylor/Rice genome editing testing center

WEBResearchers at Rice University and the Baylor College of Medicine have won a $3.9 million grant over five years from the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Research …

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Rice's Vivian Ho elected to National Academy of Medicine

WEBRice health economist Vivian Ho has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, which is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and …

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Houston refines hunt for COVID in wastewater

WEBEstablished in spring 2020, the Houston coalition was on the leading edge of what became a nationwide effort to find the SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater. The technique quickly …

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Dateline Rice for April 26, 2024 Rice News News and Media …

WEBNATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL. Cornyn applauds $90M investment to promote STEM education at Rice University An article features news that OpenStax at Rice has been …

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Kirsten Ostherr receives the 2024 Health Humanities Visionary Award

WEBKirsten Ostherr, a media scholar and health researcher at Rice University, has been honored with the 2024 Health Humanities Visionary Award by the Health Humanities …

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Undocumented immigrants faced unique mental health challenges …

WEB“Implications of Undocumented Status for Latinx Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call to Action” appears in the Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology and …

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University of Houston and Rice announce 2024 business …

WEBThe University of Houston and Rice University continue their 11-year collaboration to support Houston entrepreneurship by announcing the latest cohort of their respective …

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Dashboard displays troubling trend of unexplained deaths

WEBExplore the full dashboard at www.covid-excess-mortality.net.. In Texas, for example, when you tally the number of people who died of heart disease or hypertension between …

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Vaccine misinformation at Texas Legislature influences public …

WEBHOUSTON – (March 19, 2024) – The majority of Texans support vaccines, but a vocal minority are actively working on weakening or dismantling vaccine requirements, …

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Explore thought-provoking dialogue, artwork at Medical …

WEBRice University's Medical Humanities Research Institute will delve into the profound connections between visual art and medical humanities at "Health Aesthetics: A Panel …

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Two Rice faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

WEBRice University professors Pedro Alvarez and Antonios Mikos have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest learned societies in the …

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Rice, Baylor part of research effort to advance genome editing

WEBSomatic Cell Genome Editing Consortium funded by NIH. Researchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine are part of a national effort to accelerate genome-editing …

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Rice cell biology student named Watson Fellow

WEBWhen Trinity Eimer, a senior at Rice University, applied for the prestigious one-year postgraduate Thomas J. Watson Fellowship last September, she knew exactly what …

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Several ‘influential women’ of Rice recognized by Houston Woman

WEBJody Lee. Dr. Jody S. Lee is renowned for her talent in crafting high-performance boards, a skill that has helped her succeed as the chair of Southwestern National Bank (SWNB), a …

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Rice doctoral alumnus Jacob Beckham earns Schmidt Science …

WEBPhoto by Gustavo Raskosky/Rice University. Jacob Beckham, who earned his Ph.D. in chemistry in 2023, was announced a Schmidt Science Fellow Wednesday, marking the …

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Reducing newborn deaths across Africa enters phase 2 with $65M

WEBThe Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies (NEST360) international alliance launches Phase 2 of its mission to reduce newborn mortality in sub-Saharan Africa with …

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Study uncovers neural mechanisms underlying foraging behavior …

WEBRice neuroscientist Valentin Dragoi and team shed light on what happens in the brain of freely-moving macaques engaged in foraging behavior.

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