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Careers in Science Policy: Adria Wilson

Join us for a discussion with former AAAS Fellow, Adria Wilson, about leveraging your Ph.D. in the science policy space.

We will meet on Thursday, September 3rd at Noon via Zoom. Please RSVP here.

Adria Wilson is currently the Entrepreneurial Program Lead at Chain Reaction Innovations in Argonne National Lab. Previously, Adria served as a legislative fellow in the Washington, D.C. office of Senator Bernie Sanders. In this discussion section, Adria will present an overview of her career path and answer your questions.

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February ’19: Science diplomacy

For those RSVP’d: tomorrow is one of the largest monthly SPOT discussions to date! Join us at 12 PM in Ryan 4003 for a discussion on science diplomacy; led by Professor Mark Hersam (Chemistry, Materials Science). Prof. Hersam is a previous U.S. science envoy, and will be discussing his experiences with forging international connections in science policy. Thank you’s to Prof. Hersam, MRSEC for financial support, and looking forward to an edifying discussion!

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January ’19- Deliberations and community policy

Happy 2019 everyone!  This coming Friday, January 11th, in Silverman 4-510, will be our first meeting of the year (and our meeting for January). We’ll be teaming up with SAFE (Scientific Assemblies For Everyone), led by Dr. Chris Forman, to learn how deliberation can be utilized for community-driven policy formation. Chris will provide a brief introduction on methods of deliberation, and then we’ll engage in a group policy deliberation on an important topic: improving mental health in academia. Here is a review article on intervention to improve mental health in higher education, as well as resources and figures from the American Psychological Association on campus mental health.

Don’t forget to register so we can accurately order our pizza and snacks for the meeting; see everyone on Friday!

 

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December Discussion Social: CRISPR Babies

This month, we will be discussing a topic that has recently come up in the news- using CRISPR to modify human genes. What does this mean? How does it work? Is it ethical? What policy exists around this issue and what policy should be created?
Relevant articles:
Interview with George Church, Science,”I feel an obligation to be balanced”
Francis Collins Interview, Science, “An epic scientific misadventure”
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Monthly Discussion Social

 Next Friday (October 5th) at noon in Silverman 4-510 SPOT will be holding its first monthly meeting of the year. Instead of having general body meetings, this year we will try out having monthly discussions on important topics in science policy.  Also, there will be pizza! We’d love to have your input on what topics would be most engaging (or if there is a discussion you would like to lead!)
This month our topic is: Science advocacy vs. Scientific advising- what is the difference between the two, and can one person (or organization) be credibly involved in both? What does it mean to be an impartial science expert?