Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar
Kirsten Ostherr, Ph.D., M.P.H is is a Baker Institute Rice faculty scholar in the Science and Technology Policy program. She…
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Bezaye G. Tessema
Eric McDaniel
Sasathorn Tapaneeyakul
Diana Strassmann
Eric Storch
Kirsten Ostherr
Youth Safety Strategies: Insights from the Firearm Safety Conference
Young people face rising risks from firearm injuries. This new brief outlines prevention strategies: strengthen school…
October 1, 2025 
Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar, Baker Institute for Public Policy | Postdoctoral Fellow, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University
Bezaye Tessema, Ph.D., is a visiting postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Energy Studies and a postdoctoral research…
US Country Outlook 2026 September 30, 2025
On Sept. 30, Baker Institute experts participated in panel discussions focused on issues of key importance for Mexican…
Finance policy expert available to comment on potential government shutdown September 30, 2025
As the federal government faces a possible shutdown this week, a financial policy expert at Rice University’s Baker…
Is Artificial Intelligence Reshaping Higher Education?
Michael O. Emerson sits down with Amy Dittmar, Jeff Morgan, and Burke Nixon on the “Baker Briefing“ podcast to discuss the…
September 30, 2025 
Nonresident Fellow
Eric L. McDaniel is a professor in the Department of Government and the co-director of the PRE Lab at the University of…
Research Associate, Center for Health and Biosciences
Sasathorn Tapaneeyakul, Ph.D., is a research associate for the Baker Institute Center for Health Policy, where she…
Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar | Carolyn and Fred McManis Distinguished Professor in the Practice
Diana Strassmann, Ph.D., is a Baker Institute Rice scholar, as well as the Carolyn and Fred McManis Distinguished Professor…
Nonresident Fellow
Eric Storch, Ph.D., is a nonresident fellow with the Center for Health Policy. He is also a professor and the McIngvale…