COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Baker Institute's Edward Djerejian on energy, medical expertise and Houston's place shaping policy
Edward Djerejian, director of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is featured in a Q&A about the institute's contribution to policy discussions from the pandemic to NASA. Baker Institute members Peter Hotez, adjunct professor of bioengineering and fellow in disease and poverty, and Quianta Moore, the Huffington Fellow in Child Health Policy, are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the cover of the Chronicle's "Texas Inc." in the April 19 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-djerejian-baker-institute
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Scientists create early embryos that are part human, part monkey
Kirstin Matthews, fellow in science and technology policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted and interviewed.
NPR's "All Things Considered" (This segment aired on more than 900 affiliate stations across the U.S. and more than 60 stations on ABC News Radio in Australia, and this article appeared in more than 200 other media outlets. This story appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-16-matthews
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Harris County vaccination data shows African American, Latino residents have fallen behind
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the City/State section in the April 14 print edition and yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-ho
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
One-quarter of Texans older than 16 have been fully vaccinated
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the City/State section in the April 13 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-ho
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
This COVID-19 vaccine plant shows Texas is becoming biotech's third coast
Alumnus Thomas Page is featured.
Texas Monthly
http://dateline.rice/april-9-page
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Will the pandemic spark a religious revival in the Muslim world?
A.Kadir Yildirim, fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, co-authored an article.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-yildirim
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
How 'frugal design' innovations have helped communities during COVID-19
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the Malcolm Gillis University Professor, professor of bioengineering and director of the Rice 360º Institute for Global Health, co-authored an article.
World Economic Forum (This article originally appeared in The Conversation, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-7-richardskortum
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
How white evangelicals' vaccine refusal could prolong the pandemic
Elaine Howard Ecklund, the Herbert S. Autrey professor of sociology and director of the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice, is quoted.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Times' daily "Coronavirus Briefing" and the Houston Chronicle, and it appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-ecklund
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
How white evangelicals' vaccine refusal could prolong the pandemic
Elaine Howard Ecklund, the Herbert S. Autry professor of sociology and director of the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice, is quoted in The New York Times, and she is interviewed by Houston Public Media about the research highlighted in her book "Why Science and Faith Need Each Other: Eight Shared Values That Move Us beyond Fear."
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the April 5 print edition, )
http://dateline.rice/april-5-ecklund
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Disaster research response experts share insights for pandemic
An article mentions Rice's collaborative COVID-19 Registry, which produces a demographic portrait of the pandemic’s impact on Houston residents.
Environmental Factor
http://dateline.rice/april-2-covid-registry
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Chip delivers COVID-19 test results on a phone
An article features Rice research that developed a microfluidic chip measuring the concentration of protein biomarkers for COVID-19 in blood serum from a standard finger prick. It delivers results on a smartphone in less than an hour. Co-author Peter Lillehoj, associate professor and the Shankle Chair in Mechanical Engineering, is quoted.
National Science Foundation (This was also featured in the NSF's March "Research News Highlights" newsletter.)
http://dateline.rice/april-1-lillehoj
