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Latest Urban Edge Stories

It’s Time to Fix Houston's Dangerous Pedestrian and Bicycle Infrastructure

Several important planning efforts are underway, but we need results now.
Painted crosswalk with tire marks
Perspective
: Sep 25, 2018
Health, Transportation

People With Disabilities Are Pushing for More Inclusive Rescue and Recovery Programs In Harvey's Wake

Much of the attention around the storm’s anniversary will focus on megaprojects, but, efforts to create equitable human recovery, especially for the most vulnerable, cannot be lost in the shuffle.
Family rescued during Harvey
Feature Story
: Aug 23, 2018
Health, Hurricane Harvey

In Houston, the Promise and the Challenge of Urban Farming

On less than one acre of land, a Second Ward farm has flourished but it faces an uncertain future.
Working on the farm
Feature Story
: Aug 16, 2018
Health, Housing

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Katherine B. Ensor

Katherine Bennett Ensor

  • Kinder Fellow
  • Professor of Statistics, Rice University
  • Director, Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems
  • Director, Kinder Institute Urban Data Platform
  • Research Oversight Committee, Kinder Institute Urban Data Platform
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Rachel Kimbro

  • Kinder Fellow
  • Founding Director, Urban Health Program
  • Professor of Sociology, Rice University
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Tony N. Brown

  • Kinder Fellow
  • Professor of Sociology, Rice University
  • Associate Director, Kinder Institute’s Urban Health Program
  • Founding Director, Racism and Racial Experiences (RARE) Workgroup
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Loren Raun

  • Kinder Fellow
  • Chief Environmental Science Officer, Interim Bureau Chief, Bureau of Community and Children's Environmental Health, Houston Health Department
  • Assistant Professor of Statistics, Rice University
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Urban Health Program

The program facilitates research, education and community outreach on urban health issues, broadly defined. It also brings together faculty and community affiliates from institutions across the Houston area who focus on the social determinants of health.