Evolving policy with science

Evolving science enhanced with iPS

Informing policy with science.

e recently witnessed the peaceful—if controversial—transition of the United States presidency. As with any major change in federal government, the scientific community has concerns about new directions and priorities that may affect the way science is conducted, funded, and used in the United States and elsewhere. Of particular note with this new administration are concerns that President Trump...

Strategic science with policy impact.

www.thelancet.com Vol 385 June 20, 2015 2445 Evidence-based policy making is an important aspirational goal, but only a small proportion of research has the policy impact it might have. Most researchers are not trained to create policy impact from their work, engagement with policy makers is not encouraged or rewarded in most settings, and the communication of scientifi c fi ndings occurs withi...

Helping Science Keep Pace With Policy

FOUR YEARS AFTER SORREL KING’S DAUGHTER, JOSIE, DIED from preventable medical errors in 2001, King asked us if her daughter would be less likely to die today. We answered by describing the myriad safety programs in hospitals. She abruptly cut us off. King was not interested in what we were doing. She wanted evidence that Josie and other patients were less likely to be harmed by medical care tod...

Demography as social science and policy science