On Monday, David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian received the 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology “for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.” Fellow Kirstin Matthews praises their research on how capsaicin and TRP affect nerve cells as an accomplishment made possible by U.S. federal funding for and support of science. Read her post on the Baker Institute Blog.
Oct. 5, 2021, 10:38 a.m.
Karen Tseng, J.D., is a nonresident fellow in health policy at the Baker Institute and the senior vice president for population health transformation at Harris Health System. Previously, Tseng served as senior health care counsel in the Massachusetts attorney general’s …
Christopher F. Kulesza, Ph.D., is a scholar for the Child Health Policy Program, where he carries out research in child and community health policy. His current research project focuses on the influences of built and social neighborhood environments on health …
May 03, 2022
As U.S. health care costs continue their relentless rise, much of the cost is passed …
