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THE PARTNERS:
RICE UNIVERSITY & TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER
RICE UNIVERSITY

George R. Brown School of Engineering

Computational Engineering
Department of Bioengineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics
Department of Computer Science
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Department of Statistics
Dynamic Systems Group

Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management

School of Humanities

Department of Hispanic and Classical Studies
Department of History
Department of Kinesiology
Department of Philosophy
Department of Religious Studies


School of Social Sciences

Department of Economics
Department of Political Science
Department of Psychology
Department of Sociology

Shepherd School of Music

Wiess School of Natural Sciences

Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

A student in the lab facilities

Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy

Computer and Information Technology Institute

Information Technology Services

Center for High Performance Software

James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

Health Policy

Leadership Rice


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TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER

Baylor College of Medicine

DeBakey Heart Center

Episcopal Health Charities

Harris County-Ben Taub Hospital

Hermann Children's Hospital

Medical Center Twin Towers

Hermann Hospital

Houston Pediatric Surgeons

Methodist Hospital

Texas A&M University

Texas Children's Hospital

Texas Heart Institute

Texas Women's University

University of Texas-Allied Health Science

University of Texas Cancer Foundation

University of Texas Houston Health Science Center

University of Texas Houston School of Public Health

University of Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

University of Texas Medical School at Houston



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OTHER INSTITUTIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND PROGRAMS

M.D. Anderson Science Park, Smithville, Texas

Minority Medical Educational Program (funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Park Plaza Hospital

Texas A&M University

University of Houston

University of Houston School of Law

University of Texas-Austin

University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston

W.M. Keck Center for Computational Biology (Programs and events supported by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, BCM, DARPA, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense,Environmental Protection Agency, NASA, the National Institutes of Health, the National Library of Medicine, the National Science Foundation, the Robert A. Welch Foundation, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)


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EDUCATION
  • Interinstitutional Program in Biostatistics, Statistical Genetics, and Bioinformatics (Ph.D.)
  • The Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D./Ph.D. Program)
  • The Medical Scholars Program
  • M.D./M.B.A. Program
  • Honors Premedical Program
  • Gulf Coast Consortia and the W.M. Keck Center for Computational Biology
  • The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
  • The Center for Neuroscience
  • Gulf Coast Consortium in Bioinformatics
  • Houston Area Molecular Biophysics Predoctoral Training


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RESEARCH

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering

BIOSCIENCES AND BIOENGINEERING

  • Aberrant RNA Processing in Human Development
  • Analysis of Isoprenoids in Genetically Modified Mice
  • Bacterial Adhesion
  • Biomembrane Research
  • Bone Fabrication
  • Calmodulin Regulation of Muscle Contraction by Regulation of Calcium Channels
  • Cell-Type Differentiation
  • Computer-Aided Active Site Identification in Proteins
  • Dermatological Laser Therapy
  • Development of Anti-Fungal Therapies
  • Development of Gene Sequencing Methods
  • Differentiation of Dictyostelium Mutants
  • Discovering the Effects of Nitric Oxide
  • Effects of Mechanical Impact on Cartilage
  • Engineering the Disc of the Temporomandibular Joint
  • Flow Modulation of Cell Adhesion and Metabolism
  • Fundamentals of Organismal Development
  • Genetic Engineering of Lactic Acid Bacteria
  • Gulf Coast Protein Crystallography Consortium
  • Healing of Articular Cartilage
  • Influence of Stresses on Cells
  • Injectable Biodegradable Polymers for Orthopedic Applications
  • Mechanics of Cochlear Outer Hair Cells
  • Meniscus Regeneration
  • Messenger RNA Transcription and Modification
  • Modifying RNA
  • Nanotechnology Approaches to Cancer Therapy
  • Noninvasive Cataract Treatment
  • Nonviral Gene Delivery
  • Nutritional Immunology
  • Regulation of the cAMP Receptor in Dictyostelium
  • Role of Calcium
  • Role of Dietary Sources of Nucleotides
  • Salt Adaptation Genes
  • tRNA Modification Enzymes
  • Understanding the Social Genesis of Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
  • Vascular Development
  • von Willebrand Factor Multimers and Arterial Thrombosis


Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

  • Autoregulation of Cerebral Blood Flow
  • Biomedical Systems and Instrumentation Group
  • Detection of Biomedically Important Gases
  • Modeling and Analysis of Sensory/Signal Processing
  • Quantitative Models of Neurons
  • 3-D Models for the Study of Genome Structure


Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering

STATISTICS

  • Cancer Classification Using Multiple Gene Expression Data
  • Cancer Progression
  • Data Analysis for Microarrays
  • Evolutionary Trace Method for Finding Protein Structure
  • Microsatellite DNA and Human Disease
  • New Technologies for the Detection of Cancer
  • SNP Haplotypes and Cancer


Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering

COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS

  • Electrical Prospection of Single Neurons
  • Improving Electron Microscopy


Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

  • Acetabulum Orientation Frame
  • Automated Closed-Loop System for Experimental Tissue Mechanics
  • Flow Simulation in Centrifugal Blood Pumps
  • Mineral Content Effects on the Strength of Bone


Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

  • Nationwide Network to Support Research Applications


Social Sciences, Humanities, Music

JAMES A. BAKER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY and TEXAS PROGRAM IN SOCIETY AND HEALTH

  • Influence of Societal Factors on Cancer Rates and Cancer Responsivity to Chemotherapy
  • Public Policy Initiative to Improve Population Health
  • Social/Societal Features, Psycho-neuro-immuno-endocrinologic Activation, and Health


Social Sciences, Humanities, Music

PSYCHOLOGY

  • Constraint Induced Movement Therapy in Subacute Stroke
  • Deficits in the Neural Processing of Emotional Information in Children with Autism
  • Evaluating Perception and Action
  • Evaluating the Effects of Head Injury on Language Abilities in Children
  • Event-Related Potential Study of Selective Attention in Patients with Schizophrenia
  • Information Retention
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility for Research
  • Memory and Comprehension
  • Selective Attention and Behavioral Inhibition in Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder


Social Sciences, Humanities, Music

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

  • Improving Psychiatric Approaches
  • Program on Biotechnology, Religion, and Ethics


Social Sciences, Humanities, Music

SHEPHERD SCHOOL OF MUSIC

  • Health Care and the Arts
  • The Shepherd School of Music/Texas Voice Institute

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OUTREACH
  • Community Safety
  • High School Summer Programs
  • Leadership Rice
  • Practicing Spanish in the Medical Setting
  • Student Volunteers

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CAREER PLACEMENT AT THE INSTITUTES OF THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER

Listed below are the many institutes of the Texas Medical Center that continually recruit Rice graduates for a variety of internships and permanent research and health care positions:
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