Rice University Students Move To Austin To Advocate For Vaccines

A group of students from Rice, the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University and Baylor College of Medicine traveled to the Texas Capitol March 29 to advocate for vaccines as a public health strategy.

Vaccines Cause Adults, a collaboration between Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences (CHB) and The Immunization Partnership, is a public information campaign to promote research-driven, factual information about vaccines. The goal is to promote vaccine access and equity as well as advance vaccination as a crucial public health strategy through summarizing data-driven research into clear, accessible information.

The CHB was also recognized in a resolution by state Rep. Ann Johnson for its work to support data-driven legislation that addresses U.S. health care, global health, public health and advances in medicine.