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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.
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
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.
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.
Why Every Generation Needs to Care About Medicare
Policy decisions centered on the federal health insurance program can have a wide-ranging impact.
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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National Science Foundation Award Paves Way for UT Center for Pandemic Decision Science
The National Science Foundation has selected The University of Texas at Austin for a pilot grant to establish the UT Center for Pandemic Decision Science (CPDS), an interdisciplinary center where scientists, engineers, clinicians and policymakers will tackle the grand challenge of preparing the world to combat future pandemic threats.
