Table full of fresh vegetables and produce

Center for Health and Biosciences | Issue Brief

Food Is Medicine: A Primer on Health System Initiatives in Texas

How can “Food is Medicine” programs address the critical link between access to healthy food and optimal health? In a new brief, our experts outline how the Texas Consortium for the Non-Medical Drivers of Health is tackling this question.

Shreela V. Sharma, Naomi Tice, Rebecca Mak, Jacquie Klotz, Elena M. Marks November 27, 2023

Center for Energy Studies | Issue Brief

Approaching a Tipping Point for the Electric Grid

Is the electric grid ready for the era of decarbonization? Nonresident scholar Julie A. Cohn explains why new inverter technology could prove vital for preventing outages and grid instability.

Julie A. Cohn November 20, 2023

Center for Health and Biosciences | Issue Brief

Looking at the Numbers: 10 Years of Data on the Affordable Care Act Reveal Benefits for Texans

In a review of 10 years of data, fellows Shao-Chee Sim and Elena Marks show how the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace has drastically reduced the number of uninsured Texans and urge policymakers to find ways to maximize its impact so that affordable health coverage is accessible to all.

Shao-Chee Sim, Elena M. Marks November 14, 2023

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Issue Brief

Mexico’s Ongoing Search for Democracy: A Conversation with Macario Schettino on the 2024 Elections

With Mexico's 2024 elections quickly approaching, will democracy prevail, or will the nation backslide into a one-party system?

Tony Payan, Rodrigo Montes de Oca October 30, 2023

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Issue Brief

Supply Chain Alternatives for Ocean Shipping if Climate Change-driven Water Shortages Persist at the Panama Canal

Supply chains: what are the alternatives if climate change restrictions on transiting the Panama Canal become a regular occurrence?

David A. Gantz October 2, 2023

Center for Health and Biosciences | Journal

Life-Course Brain Health as a Determinant of Late-Life Mental Health

By Harris Eyre, Lucy E. Stirland, Dilip V. Jeste, Charles F. Reynolds, Michael Berk, Agustin Ibanez, Walter D. Dawson et al…

Harris A. Eyre September 26, 2023

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Issue Brief

Xóchitl Gálvez Courts Voters in Texas

Sen. Xochitl Gálvez, the Mexican opposition nominee for president, chose to visit a suburb north of Houston for her first campaign event abroad. Research scholar Rodrigo Montes de Oca explains why it was a smart choice — and what the visit shows about the dark horse candidate.

Rodrigo Montes de Oca September 20, 2023