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Research

Vulnerable Neighborhoods Bore Brunt of Pandemic Well into its Second Year

A study in PLOS Computational Biology from University of Texas at Austin epidemiologists examined COVID infection and hospitalization rates by zip code.

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Moving From Distressed Areas to Better-Resourced Neighborhoods Improves Kids’ Asthma

Roger Peng, a professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences, contributed to a new study of childhood asthma in JAMA.

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UT Center for Teaching and Learning

SDS Faculty Member, Dr. Layla Guyot, Selected as a Provost Teaching Fellow

Announcing the 2023 Provost’s Teaching Fellows Cohort

Research

Care Experiences Are Worse in For-Profit Hospices Than in Not-for-Profit Hospices, Study Finds

Patients receiving care from for-profit hospices have substantially worse care experiences than patients who receive care from not-for-profit hospices, according to a new study from RAND Corporation and a University of Texas at Austin researcher.

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Accolades

Three in Texas Science Elected Fellows of AAAS

Scott Aaronson, Catherine Calder and Claus Wilke are now fellows of the world’s largest general scientific society.

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Features

Why Every Generation Needs to Care About Medicare

Policy decisions centered on the federal health insurance program can have a wide-ranging impact.

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Announcements

Cory Zigler receives ASA Health Policy Statistics Section’s Mid-Career Award

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Research

Health Benefits of Wind Power Rely on Which Fossil Fuel Plants It Replaces

Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study...

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