Events
We post science policy events, ours and those sponsored by other groups, here. Feel free to send us an email if you know of specific science policy related seminars, workshops, or conferences.
July 20, 2022
Value and Impact of Community-Engaged Approaches - From Local to Global Perspectives
Type: Virtual seminar
Host: Baylor College of Medicine
Registration: Here
Research Investigator Learning Series: Engagement, Communication and Education
Effective Strategies to Enhance Community Engagement in Biomedical Research #3
Mina Silberberg, M.A., Ph.D. Associate Research Professor, Duke Global Health Institute
Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health
Director, Community Engaged Research Initiative, Duke CTSI
Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
June 15, 2022
Community Engagement Across the Spectrum of Biomedical Sciences: Is this Possible?
Type: Virtual seminar
Host: Baylor College of Medicine
Registration: Here
Research Investigator Learning Series: Engagement, Communication and Education
Effective Strategies to Enhance Community Engagement in Biomedical Research Seminar #2
Veronica B. Ajewole, PharmD, BCOP Department of Pharmacy Practice
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Texas Southern University
May 19, 2022
Onward and upward in human reproduction?: Ethical Issues in Reproductive Gene Editing
Type: Virtual seminar
Host: Scientific Liaison Coalition
Registration: Here
Presenter:
Megan Allyse, PhD Associate Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Mayo Clinic
Moderator:
Alan Hoberman, PhD, Charles River Laboratories, Inc, SLC Representative for North American 3Rs Collaborative (NA3RsC)
Abstract:
In November 2018, the scientific community was rocked when He Jiankui, a Chinese biophysicist, claimed that he had overseen the birth of twin girls from embryos gene-edited at CCR5, a gene associated with resistance to HIV. He claimed that the infants were healthy and promised to provide sequencing data but declined to make the babies available for medical evaluation, ostensibly for their protection. While problematic on many levels, this incidence must be evaluated in the context of the history of assisted reproductive technologies, all of which have been experimental at some point in time. This presentation will review this history briefly in order to highlight the cross-cutting ethical issues that must be considered when considering any new application of assisted reproductive technologies. These include defining the limits of parental freedom to use experimental technologies on future children, the legitimate targets of fertility interference, and issues of justice and equity in applying such technologies.
May 18, 2022
What is Community Engagement in Research?
Type: Virtual seminar
Host: Baylor College of Medicine
Registration: Here
Research Investigator Learning Series: Engagement, Communication and Education
Effective Strategies to Enhance Community Engagement in Biomedical Research #1
Ashley M. Butler, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Texas Children’s Hospital
Chair, Collaborative on Racial Equity
and Inclusion for Black Youth
Baylor College of Medicine
May 12, 2022
15th Annual NIH Career Symposium
Type: Virtual symposium
Host: National Institutes of Health
Registration: Here
In 2022- the Career Symposium will be virtual. It will run from May 11 to May 13. The NIH Career Symposium highlights the diversity of career choices available to your generation of biomedical researchers. Whether you are a new graduate student, postdoc, or clinical fellow just beginning to consider career options or a senior student/fellow ready to look for a job, the NIH Career Symposium is for you.
In 2022 the focus is on understanding career options in Academic, Industry, Government and Non-profit sectors with networking opportunities. Every day we will host an introduction to a sector, what careers are available, how to be competitive in those fields, and resources to help you along the way. The in the afternoon we will host a series of “rooms” for career conversations with one or two speakers in a 45-minute time slot. Multiple rooms with speakers in similar career paths will run concurrently.
May 7, 2022
4th Annual SciPol Symposium: Communicating Science to the Public
Type: Hybrid symposium
Host: Northwestern Science Policy Outreach Taskforce
Registration: Here
Public trust in science is always evolving, and questions surrounding how science is practiced, trustworthiness of information sources, and the persistence of science myths are growing day by day. Therefore, SPOT’s 4th Annual SciPol Symposium will focus on how and why the public chooses to trust scientists and their research, emphasizing the links between science policy and communication. Through this programming, scientists will be empowered to share their own research stories to the public, with the goal of positively influencing policy and public perception of science.
Apply by May 6, 2022
The NSPN-Duke University Space Diplomacy Hackathon
Type: Virtual team-based hackathon
Host: National Science Policy Network and the Duke Space Diplomacy Lab
Registration: Must apply by May 6
The National Science Policy Network's (NSPN) Science Diplomacy Committee and Duke University’s Space Diplomacy Lab both advocate for exploring diplomatic strategies for an accessible and peaceful environment in low-Earth orbit, translunar space, and beyond. To develop and support these goals, we are offering a week-long hackathon for early career professionals and students.
This hackathon is an opportunity to engage deeply in issues pertaining to space diplomacy. Former experience in astro sciences or space-related law or policy is not a prerequisite for participation. As such, this event is geared specifically to early career professionals and students of all professional disciplines and acts as an engaging learning opportunity for the diplomacy- and space-curious.
May 4, 2022
Health Policy Research Day
Type: Symposium (in-person and Zoom options)
Host: Baylor College of Medicine Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Registration: here
Agenda: here
Environmental Justice: how physical, social, and structural surroundings impact health
Our dynamic panel discussions bring together experts to discuss criminal justice, exposure to contaminants, space exploration/space governance and maternal and infant health. Look forward to our speakers sharing ideas of how to bring about equitable, transformational change and give a behind-the-scenes look at the work they are doing to help move the needle on equity and justice.
Keynote Speakers
Danielle Deane-Ryan
Director, Equitable Climate Solutions, Bezos Earth Fund
Cedric Taylor, Ph.D.
Visiting Ass. Prof., Environmental Justice, Water, University of Michigan
Writer, director, and co-producer of the documentary Nor Any Drop to Drink: Flint’s Water Crisis
This virtual event is free and open to the public. There is also an opportunity to showcase your work through a virtual poster session - learn more here.
April 26, 2022
Careers in Public Engagement with Science
Type: Virtual lecture
Host: University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science
Registration: here
This virtual event will showcase a variety of career paths for STEM, Humanities, and Social Science undergraduate and graduate students interested in public engagement with science. Presenters will discuss their career path thus far and answer questions about working with the public or on issues of public concern.
Featuring • Jerran Orwig, Advanced Inquiry Program Manager, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden • Curtis L. Webb III, Senior Researcher and Consultant, Design Impact • Cory Christopher, Director of Conservation, Cincinnati Nature Center • Brenda Hunda, Curator, Invertebrate Paleontology, Cincinnati Museum Center
April 8, 2022
Developing the Next Generation of Civic Scientists: Rice Science Policy Symposium
Type: Symposium (in-person and Zoom options)
Host: The Rice Science Policy Network and the Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy
Registration: here
The next generation of civic scientists — scientists and engineers who use their knowledge, accomplishments and skills to help bridge the gap between science and society — will have to contend with enormous challenges in the coming decades, from climate change to new public health risks. This symposium will explore topics of interest for early career professionals and the general public, including the development of fact-based policies that serve the public good, the role of the national academies in policymaking, and opportunities to communicate science to the public and participate in public policy at all levels of government. Speakers from the national academies, research institutions and the Texas Legislature will highlight the many processes, levers and stakeholders that anyone involved with science policy should be aware of. The symposium will also serve as a forum for attendees to meet others interested in science policy in Houston and beyond.
April 7-8, 2022
Defense Against Disinformation: Strategic Communications for Science Advocates
Type: Workshop (virtual)
Host: The Union of Concerned Scientists
Registration: here
The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to join us for a critical two-day virtual training on how to counter disinformation and take meaningful action in your community.
Day 1: Thursday, April 7, 12:00–4:00 p.m. ET
Day 2: Friday, April 8, 12:00–4:00 p.m. ET
Location: Zoom
Trainers: Sabrina Joy Stevens and Richard Allen Smith
You will leave the training with a toolkit containing the resources and guidance needed to implement your learnings on countering disinformation and how to take action.
March 7, 2022
Policy Writing Workshop
Type: Seminar (virtual)
Host: University of Cincinnati Science Policy Group and Science Policy Group at UCLA
Registration: here
Four trainees (PhD candidates and postdoctoral associates) will lead a workshop on policy writing. Participants will learn how to:
Determine the scope of the writing piece
Relay relevant STEM research
Survey social science data
Review relevant legislation
Shape a policy recommendation
March 3-4, 2022
Methadone Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Examining Federal Regulations and Laws
Type: Seminar (virtual)
Host: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Registration: Website
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and conduct a two-day public workshop that brings together experts and key stakeholders to examine the current federal regulatory and legal landscape regarding provision of and access to methadone for the treatment of opioid use disorder.
Invited presentations and discussions will be designed to:
Examine current federal regulations governing methadone treatment services, including the current COVID-19 emergency regulatory relief;
Discuss the impact of these regulations relative to other factors affecting treatment services;
Explore potential options for modifying federal regulations and laws to expand access to quality treatment with methadone; and
Explore state laws that may conflict with federal regulations.
February 14, 2022
Use of Population Descriptors in Genomics Research: Meeting #1 Public Session
Type: Seminar (virtual)
Host: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Registration: Website
The webcast will stream live on the event webpage.
Join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on February 14, 2022 from 12:30 to 2:00 PM EST for the first meeting of the Committee on Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry as Population Descriptors in Genomics Research. The open public session will include a briefing from the study sponsor, the National Institutes of Health, and a discussion of the committee's charge.
February 10, 2022
Talk with Neal Lane, former President’s science advisor
Type: Virtual event
Host: Research!America
Registration: Website
Neal F. Lane, PhD, Senior Fellow in Science and Technology Policy, Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy and 2022 Herbert Pardes Family Award for National Leadership in Advocacy for Research honoree, will join Victoria Schneider, PhD, Global Health R&D Program Manager at Research!America, for a Special Discussion focused on his career journey, the unique role of the President’s science advisor, and the critical steps the U.S. can take to better leverage R&D against current and looming societal challenges.
February 8, 2022
TEDxBaylorCollegeofMedicine: Reboot, Reframe, Reimagine
Type: Livestream event
Host: Baylor College of Medicine
Registration: Website
The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy will host Baylor College of Medicine’s first ever TEDx event this Winter. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
TEDxBaylorCollegeofMedicine is dedicated to bringing together leading thinkers and doers to share ideas across many disciplines – technology, entertainment, design, science, humanities, business and development. Our aim is to build a meaningful connection between the work at Baylor and the people we serve in the community and share inspirational stories of how our community is improving health through science, scholarship and innovation.
February 8, 2022
Fireside chat with the Iraqi Ambassador to the US: Fareed Yasseen
Type: Livestream event
Host: National Science Policy Network
Registration: Website
On Tuesday, Feb. 8th from 10:30-11:30 ET, NSPN will host a Zoom-based, fireside chat-style event featuring Amb. Fareed Yasseen, the current Iraqi ambassador to the US and a trained physicist. This will be the first time NSPN has ever hosted a foreign dignitary. This event is also the result of a vital partnership with the Meridian Center for Diplomatic Engagement, an organization with close ties to the US State Department. We want this to be an event where NSPN members have the chance to interact directly with senior-career diplomacy professionals while also being mindful of expected professional norms and protocol. As such, we want to be clear about expectations for attendees and be considerate towards our guests.
1) We understand that life can be unexpected, and sometimes unforeseen scheduling conflicts arise. We will try to accommodate those challenges within reason.
2) We also acknowledge that our guests have very limited time and have coordinated across a number of staff members and busy schedules to be present with us.
3) For security reasons, we also will be making this a private event with a capped number of guests. Accordingly, this event will not be recorded.
February 1, 2022
Fair Allocation in an Unfair World: The Ethics of Allocating Scarce Medical Resources
Type: Virtual event
Host: Baylor College of Medicine Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Registration: Website
The Baruch A. Brody Lecture in Bioethics Presents: GOVIND PERSAD, J.D., PH.D. Assistant Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and a Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholar in Bioethics.
At the conclusion of the session, the participants should be able to:
- Identify ethical objectives for the allocation of different types of scarce medical resources
- Understand when objectives for allocation may align or conflict with one another, and how this is likely to depend on the type of resource at issue
- Describe how implementation strategies for allocation aim to realize specific objectives
Assess different approaches to reconciling multiple objectives
January 25, 2022
Community Conversation on the Omicron Variant
Type: Virtual event
Host: Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher
Registration: Website
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher will speak with guests, Drs. Peter Hotez and David Persee, in a community conversation regarding the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
January 22, 2022
Centering Communities in Implementation Research: Informing the Future of Prenatal Care in Fresno
Type: Virtual event
Host: University of California San Francisco Preterm Birth Initiative
Registration: Website
Fresno County has one of California's highest preterm birth rates, especially among Black families residing in West Fresno. How can we better center people with lived experiences in monitoring and evaluating the success of an intervention?
Recently, researchers and scholars are examining how implementation research can advance equity. Despite implementation research’s focus on eliminating disparities, researchers are urging a renewed focus on equity in ways that grapple with the conditions in which programs and interventions are implemented — with a particular focus on the impacts of structural racism, while intentionally engaging communities' history, culture, and values.
January 19-20, 2022
Righting the Wrongs: Tackling Health Inequities
Type: Virtual event
Host: The Hastings Center
Registration: Website
The Hastings Center and the Association of American Medical Colleges, with the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association, host a health equity summit featuring author Isabel Wilkerson.
The first day will focus on historical events and decisions that have led to major inequities in health today. It is designed for the general public, and health professionals, researchers, and policymakers.
The second day will offer insights and examples of promising strategies that policymakers, researchers, health care leaders, and caregivers can employ to address inequities through policy, clinical care, medical education, research, and community collaborations.
January 16, 2022
Missouri Science & Technology Policy Fellows program: How to prepare a successful application for the MOST Policy Fellowship
Type: Virtual event
Host: Missouri Science & Technology Policy Fellows program
Registration: Website
In this informational session, MOST Policy Initiative Directors will provide an overview of the application process for MOST Policy Fellowships. They will describe each component of the application, and give advice on how to prepare a competitive application. Following the 45 minute informational session, there will also be a 15 minute Q&A portion to help answer any questions prospective applicants may have.
Applications for the 2022-23 cohort of MOST Policy Fellowship are currently open, and will close at 5pm CT on March 15, 2022. New Fellows will begin their roles on September 1, 2022.
Legislative Policy Fellows will serve as full-time nonpartisan science policy researchers for the Missouri General Assembly. Executive Policy Fellows will be placed with state agencies to improve the use of data in program design and implementation.
You can find more information about the Fellowship, requirements, and application process at mostpolicyinitiative.org/apply.
January 13, 2022
Introduction to Science Policy
Type: Virtual event
Host: UC Davis Science Says
Registration: Website
With the launch of our new science policy branch, we're inviting you to an introduction to science policy. Led by Richard Tran, we will go over how science policy fits into the broader definition of science communication, as well as the resources available for skill-building and career development.
January 6, 2022
Disparate Exposures, Disparate Outcomes: Environmental and Neighborhood Conditions
Type: Virtual event
Host: Duke Integrated Toxicology & Environmental Health Program
Registration: Website
While it is widely agreed that health and well-being are determined by multiple forces, surprisingly little is known about the interactions of these forces. In particular, environmental exposures that are harmful to health and development, such as lead or air pollution, may be elevated in communities experiencing a multitude of other disadvantages. In her seminar, Dr. Bravo will discuss her research investigating relationships between lead exposure, neighborhood racial segregation, and cognitive outcomes in North Carolina.
December 16, 2021
Economic Innovations to Support Health, Equity, and Well-being: A Virtual Workshop
Type: Seminar (virtual)
Host: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Registration: Website
Economic factors are an important driver of health. This event continues the Roundtable's exploration of economic factors that shape health and impact equity. The virtual workshop will feature presentations and discussions that explore research, practices, and innovative policies relevant to the health and economic stability of families and workers, especially workers in the care economy (e.g., those who care for the nation's youngest and oldest residents).
In addition, the Well-being and Equity (WE) in the World and the Well Being in the Nation (WIN) Network have developed a library of policies to advance more equitable economies in the U.S. During the workshop's intermission, we invite you to rate these policies as they relate to a care economy and discuss them with Soma Saha and Anne De Biasi from WE in the World.
December 16, 2021
Making the Case for Rural America: Investing in Education and Science
Type: Seminar (virtual)
Host: National Science Policy Network
Registration: Website
Join us for an expert round table on enhancing access to science education in rural America. We're joined by three scholars, including Dr. Andrew Crain, winner of the JSPG-AAAS policy position paper competition in celebration of the 75th anniversary of "Science, The Endless Frontier" on Shaping the Future of Science Policy with his work "Inclusive Science Policy and Economic Development in the 21st Century: The Case for Rural America" (https://doi.org/10.38126/JSPG180302). Dr. Crain will be joined by Drs. Tyler Hallmark (Sloan Foundation) and Vanessa Sansone (Director of Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges).
December 7 and 9, 2021
COVID-19, Health Equity, and the Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian Communities:
A Workshop
Type: Seminar (virtual)
Host: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Registration: Website
On December 7 & 9, 2021, the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity will host a virtual workshop from 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM ET on how the COVID-19 pandemic has uniquely affected the Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian (AA/PI/NH) communities. The workshop will feature invited presentations and will explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and hate crimes targeting Asian populations on their health and wellbeing, including vaccination and testing participation rates, mental health consequences, and access to cultural and linguistically competent services. Discussions will assess lessons learned from the long history of bias against the AA/PI/NH communities.
December 2-3, 2021
The Meaning of Eugenics: Historical and Present-Day Discussions of Eugenics and Scientific Racism
Type: Seminar (virtual)
Host: National Human Genome Research Institute
Registration: Website
NHGRI has invited distinguished historians of science and medicine to speak at a two-day symposium that examines the history of eugenics and scientific racism and their complex legacies in the modern health sciences. In addition, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Museum of Natural History will present their own efforts on these topics and offer free educational and scholarly materials.
November 19-20, 2021
National Science Policy Symposium
Type: Forum/Symposium (virtual)
Host: National Science Policy Network
Registration: Website
Adapting to a changing planet: Harnessing science policy to overcome overlapping global crises
This year the the National Science Policy Symposium will center around our changing planet, the ongoing climate crisis, and the many implications for food and housing insecurity (and inequity), public health and disease, access to shared resources and more. We will explore creative, community-centric and evidence-based policy solutions to these issues with a strong emphasis on the ways in which we can all interact with and impact these outcomes. Through our speaker panels and skill-building workshops we hope to power a wave of science-based policy action for a better and more sustainable future for all people and our planet.
*There is a fee to attend if you are not a NSPS member.
November 4, 2021
How media and language can fight scientific racism - Dorothy Roberts
Register: Link
More info: Link
Host: The National Human Genome Research Institute
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will host a virtual lecture series throughout 2021 and 2022 that features trailblazers in science communication. Each distinguished speaker is an expert in communicating about genomics across media, including radio, podcasting, writing, speaking, publishing and everything in-between. The series aims to demonstrate the various approaches for communicating about genomics as well as the unique challenges and opportunities each medium can bring.
These lectures will provide communicators with the opportunity to talk about what it’s like to cover genomics today, such as the special challenges in reporting on the quickly growing scientific field, and how it’s changed since the Human Genome Project.
November 3, 2021
Housing Instability and Health
Host: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Registration: Link
Flyer: Link
The health sector recognizes that population health is shaped by many non-clinical factors, including social and economic drivers. Among these, housing is of critical importance, especially during a pandemic. The health field—from government public health agencies to health systems—works to measure community and patient needs relevant to health, invest in community development, and engage to draw decision-maker attention to the linkages between unfair and preventable health disparities and community living conditions. Housing insecurity is both a chronic, and in the context of the pandemic, an acute health-related social need.
The new National Academies report Rental Eviction and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Averting a Looming Crisis presents a compendium of recommendations for near, short, medium, and long term actions to tackle the crisis with attention to housing choice, affordability, and security. This webinar will highlight housing stability as a public health strategy, and discuss goals and actions in which health sector actors can partner with, and support or amplify the work and efforts of those with primary responsibility for ensuring access to housing.
October 25-26
Promoting Health Equity in Cancer Care
Host: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Registration: Link here
On October 25 and 26, 2021, the National Cancer Policy Forum and the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity, will host a virtual public workshop that will examine opportunities to improve health equity across the cancer care continuum. The workshop will feature invited presentations and panel discussions on topics that may include:
Opportunities to improve patient access to affordable, high-quality cancer care.
Strategies to identify and address the intersectionality of structural racism and implicit bias in cancer care delivery.
The potential for quality measurement and payment mechanisms to incentivize health equity in cancer care delivery.
Clinical practice data collection efforts to better assess and care for patients with cancer.
October 21-22, 2021
Science, Technology, and Human Rights Conference 2021
Type: Conference (virtual)
Host: AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition
Registration: Website
The AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition will host its annual conference online. Open to all who are interested in building connections across science, technology and human rights, the virtual format will include new opportunities for engagement.
*There is a fee to attend.
October 20, 2021
U.S. Immigration and Visas in the Age of COVID
Host: National Postdoctoral Association
Registration: Link here
This webinar will discuss visa and immigration issues that have come to the fore during COVID. This will include a discussion on the administrative and procedural changes within United States Citizenship and Immigration Services during the pandemic as well as the current state of play in international travel. We will also discuss how the immigration landscape has changed with regards to the different visas that are applicable to the postdoctoral community.
October 20, 2021
Science Engagement with (and within) Faith Communities
Host: Duke Science and Society SciComm Lunch and Learn Series
Registration: Link here
As we navigate a global pandemic, confront the realities of climate change, attempt to reckon with systemic racism and oppression, and face myriad other scientific and societal challenges, constructive and impactful engagement between scientific and religious/faith-based communities is more important than ever. The Dialogue on Science, Ethics and Religion (DoSER), a program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), has been working to foster constructive relationships and collaborative activities in this domain since 1995. In our October “SciComm Lunch-and-Learn”, Dr. Rob O’Malley will provide a background for and overview of recent DoSER activities, share some key insights and suggested best practices for scientists and science communicators, and facilitate discussion with attendees around their own experiences, ideas, and questions related to science engagement with and within faith communities.
October 18, 2021
A-STEP Science Policy Careers Panel
Host: Texas A&M Career Center and Aggies in Science , Technology and Engineering Policy (A-STEP)
Registration: Link here
This event will showcase a diverse group of science policy careers from panelists with different STEM backgrounds. Our panelists include:
Dr. Jun Bando (PhD in Ecology)- Senior Advisor for Strategy and Transformation at California Council on Science and Technology
Dr. Eve Granatosky (PhD in Biochemistry)- Principal at Lewis-Burke Associates LLC
Representative Jasmine Clark (PhD in Microbiology)- Georgia State Representative and Senior Lecturer at Emory University
Senator Chris Rothfuss (PhD in Chemical Engineering)- Wyoming Senator Minority Floor Leader
Mr. Spencer Nelson (BS in Environmental Science and Quantitative Biology)- Senior Research Director at ClearPath
Our panel will be moderated by Ms. Marilyn Yeager, the Associate Director of Graduate Student Services at the A&M Career Center.
October 15, 2021
Centering Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Science Policy
Host: Inclusive SciComm Symposium - Metcalf Institute
Register: Link here
On Oct 15 at 1:45 pm EST, join Emma Anderson of @DSP_SPE + @AEOrr & @dhan_yasri of @TOSciPolicyNet for a session on “Centering justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in science policy” at @InclusiveSci Symposium.
October 14, 2021
Science Policy 101 Webinar
Host: The University of Cincinnati Science Policy Group
Register: Link here
The University of Cincinnati Science Policy Group is excited to host Dr. Deborah Stine, the Founder and Chief Instructor of the Science and Technology Policy Academy. Dr. Stine will teach us about how the White House, Congress, and Judiciary really work, some analytical techniques for science policy, and potential careers at the local, state, national, and international level.
October 13, 2021
Providing Holistic Care for Patients Experiencing Homelessness: Ethical and Psychosocial Concerns
Host: Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and the Baylor College of Medicine Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Event link: Access here (Event ID: YEVHAT)
Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participants should be able to:
• Demonstrate a greater understanding of the professional responsibilities that healthcare professionals have toward patients experiencing homelessness.
• Describe the ethical issues commonly encountered by healthcare professionals caring for patients experiencing homelessness.
• Identify strategies for addressing psychosocial and ethical issues related to caring for these patients.
October 12-13, 2021
AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy
Type: Forum/Symposium (virtual)
Host: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Registration: Website
The Essentiality of DEI to Innovation: Pathways to Excellence
The annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy is a conference for people interested in public policy issues facing the science, engineering, and academic communities. Since 1976, it has been the place where insiders go to learn what is happening around the growing number of policy issues that affect researchers and their institutions.
The 46th Forum on S&T Policy will gather virtually to discuss major current challenges affecting science, policy, and society, as well as their intersectionality. The Forum gives you exclusive access to participate in discussions with some of the nation’s top experts and decision-makers on the most important public policy issues and how we should build on this framework for the future.
October 5, 2021
Finding the Local Connection: Tackling Science Policy Close to Home
Type: Talk (virtual)
Host: National Science Policy Network
Registration: Form
Learn how to identify issues, understand local gov structure & budgets, and get engaged with community partners!
September 27, October 4, and October 13, 2021
Hard Questions: A Science Policy Panel Series
Type: Panel series (virtual)
Host: The Science Policy Group at UCSF
Registration: Google form
September 27: Homelessness, Housing & Evictions
October 4: Defunding Policing
October 13: The Future of Artificial Intelligence: Bias, Policy, and More
September 21-24, 2021
Towards a Post-Pandemic World: Lessons from COVID-19 for Now and the Future
Type: Workshop (virtual)
Host: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Registration: Workshop webpage
This workshop will broadly examine responses to COVID-19 in the U.S. and abroad and will host discussions on the long-term impacts of the pandemic on human health and society. Each day of the workshop will take on a different genre of critical understandings from the pandemic to date:
September 21 (Day 1): Anticipated Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 – Impacts on Health Equity
September 22 (Day 2): Addressing Uncertainties during a Pandemic – Establishing Trust and Engagement, Managing Misinformation
September 23 (Day 3): Systematizing Recovery Efforts to Mitigate the Next Pandemic
September 24 (Day 4): Potentials for a Post-COVID World – Scenario Planning Exercise
September 20-21, 2021
Spatial Justice as a Driver of Health in the Context of Societal Emergencies
Type: Workshop (virtual)
Host: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Registration: Workshop webpage
During societal emergencies, including pandemics and climate change, the relationship between people and places requires greater attention and action to integrate the knowledge of people with lived experience, especially historically marginalized communities.
This virtual workshop will feature discussions and presentations on:
the meaning of spatial justice;
the privatization of public spaces and the effects on health and health equity;
ownership and stewardship of places for physical, mental, and social well-being;
lessons learned from the pandemic for how spatial justice affects health and health equity; and
insights for research and workforce education and training to integrate a spatial justice lens in planning and preparedness for societal emergencies.
September 16, 2021
Once a Fellow, Always a Fellow: Science Policy Impact Beyond STPF
Type: Panel Q&A (virtual)
Host: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Registration: Event page
Explore how the fellowship influenced career trajectories and find out how fellows remain involved in policy and leadership activities as a result of STPF. Hear from alumni fellows across sectors who discus how their fellowship experience impacts the work they do today.
September 9, 2021 - 12:00 PM CT
SPG HTX New Member Meeting
Type: Meeting (virtual)
We welcome all Houston, TX trainees to attend our first meeting of the 2021-2022 academic year. We will discuss new goals for science policy education, advocacy, and engagement, while providing examples of past events. Additionally, there will be opportunities for leadership, and we will announce our writing contest.
Please contact us at sciencepolicygrouphtx@gmail.com for more information. We will provide zoom information at that time.