Numerous federal health programs face deep funding cuts under a draft budget reported by The Washington Post and others. According to Ho, Americans would feel some of the impacts from slashing HHS funding right away, and promising interventions for heart disease, cancer and mental health issues might all be in jeopardy if the funding is cut. Ho said it’s hard to convince the general public of the importance of funding medical research that might feel “intangible” when people see lower taxes as a benefit to their pocketbooks.
“But you don't realize you actually may be cutting off the funding that would save your grandchild,” Ho said.
Brockman was a featured panelist during an April 8 conference on “Telling the Story of Religion in Texas Through Journalism,” hosted by the Texas Tribune. Brockman participated during the “Christian Nationalism and the Texas Public Sphere” panel, where he critiqued common arguments used to challenge the principle of church-state separation. He emphasizes the importance of maintaining a clear distinction between church and state to protect both institutions.
As part of the Houston Chronicle Live series, Katharine Harris, Ph.D. will join Chris Tomlinson, Piper Lindeen and Dr. Jokubas Ziburkus at 12 p.m. CST on Wednesday, April 16 to discuss the $8-billion cannabis industry, the struggling medical marijuana business and the new-wave prohibitionists in the Texas Legislature.
In this special Dr. Data takeover episode of Growing Up in America, Child Health Policy scholar Chris Kulesza is joined by Alfred C. Glassell, III, Fellow in Drug Policy Katharine Neill Harris for an insightful hour focused on youth substance use and public policy. Additionally, Child Health Policy research manager Katarina Reyes reveals a striking statistic: 28.9% of HISD students have tried marijuana—a number with real implications for families and schools alike.
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) announced yesterday that it is awarding only 1,000 Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards — slashing the typical cohort of fellowships by half.
Cutting the GRFP to save money is “boneheaded”, says Kenny Evans, a science-policy specialist at Rice University in Houston, Texas. “GRFPs are one of the most cost-effective ways for NSF to give out money,” he says, because the outcome is a trained, promising young scientist and it’s relatively inexpensive.