Sentences with phrase «research and policy roles»

He has served in numerous research and policy roles and has been involved in major school reform activities.

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In this role, Carla was responsible, together with Glass Lewis» chief policy officer, for the development of the firm's voting guidelines while working closely with the research department and interacting with investors, issuers, regulators and other interested parties.

It would be interesting for further research to explore why some food manufacturers are motivated to improve their products and others are not, and which aspects of company policies play a role in these decisions.

Attitude surveys, and more in - depth research, show that when attention turns to policies designed to support men and women in their sharing of breadwinning and childcare roles, this is in line with the aspirations of the vast majority of parents, who do not want to organise their household duties along gender lines.

An outstanding policy briefing paper Understanding Fatherhood in the 21st Century A Policy Briefing Paper for Northern Ireland written by Colin Shaw and Maria Lohan summarises the research evidence to support father involvement and makes a series of recommendations for changes in public policy and practice in Northern Ireland to facilitate the changing role of fathers policy briefing paper Understanding Fatherhood in the 21st Century A Policy Briefing Paper for Northern Ireland written by Colin Shaw and Maria Lohan summarises the research evidence to support father involvement and makes a series of recommendations for changes in public policy and practice in Northern Ireland to facilitate the changing role of fathers Policy Briefing Paper for Northern Ireland written by Colin Shaw and Maria Lohan summarises the research evidence to support father involvement and makes a series of recommendations for changes in public policy and practice in Northern Ireland to facilitate the changing role of fathers policy and practice in Northern Ireland to facilitate the changing role of fathers today.

1978 Research and policy recommendations by FRAC play a key role in passage of the Child Nutrition Amendments of 1978, which greatly expand the WIC and School Breakfast Programs.

The Institution is taking particular interest in IT, communications, energy, manufacturing, education and research issues, and is seeking to play a major role in influencing government policy in these areas.

By creating a bridge between marginalised groups and decision makers, Dr Idler's research plays a vital role in ensuring that peacebuilding policies reflect on - the - ground realities.

In this role she was a key player in the first stages of the «modernisation» of the Labour Party, and along with Clive Hollick, helped set up the Institute for Public Policy Research and was its deputy director 1989 — 1994.

STPP is a research, teaching, and outreach program of the Belfer Center, devoted to the intellectual exploration of the critical role that science and technology play in society and the complex interplay between scientific and technological innovation and public policy.

Candidates enthusiastic to embark on the European adventure, after making their application to the competition, would be well advised to prepare themselves to be quizzed not only in their chosen sector, but also on European current affairs, the history of EU integration, the role of the various EU institutions and clearly, for this specific competition, research policy in Europe.

Knowledge brokering is different in that it creates «an ongoing dialogue and exchange» between researchers and stakeholders, explains Christine Knight, a policy research fellow at the Economic and Social Research Council Genomics Policy and Research Forum in Edinburgh, U.K. Knight works as a knowledge broker — among genomics researchers, social scientists, and policy makers — and as a social scientist studying knowledge brokering roles in the United Kipolicy research fellow at the Economic and Social Research Council Genomics Policy and Research Forum in Edinburgh, U.K. Knight works as a knowledge broker — among genomics researchers, social scientists, and policy makers — and as a social scientist studying knowledge brokering roles in the United research fellow at the Economic and Social Research Council Genomics Policy and Research Forum in Edinburgh, U.K. Knight works as a knowledge broker — among genomics researchers, social scientists, and policy makers — and as a social scientist studying knowledge brokering roles in the United Research Council Genomics Policy and Research Forum in Edinburgh, U.K. Knight works as a knowledge broker — among genomics researchers, social scientists, and policy makers — and as a social scientist studying knowledge brokering roles in the United KiPolicy and Research Forum in Edinburgh, U.K. Knight works as a knowledge broker — among genomics researchers, social scientists, and policy makers — and as a social scientist studying knowledge brokering roles in the United Research Forum in Edinburgh, U.K. Knight works as a knowledge broker — among genomics researchers, social scientists, and policy makers — and as a social scientist studying knowledge brokering roles in the United Kipolicy makers — and as a social scientist studying knowledge brokering roles in the United Kingdom.

The standout finding from our research is that policy - makers, governments, medical bodies and ART providers should more openly acknowledge the strong role that attitudes and acceptability of ART plays on shaping accessibility, availability and usage.

«This study permits us to tease apart — for the first time ever — the roles of infants» early experience and maturational status in establishing this critical language - cognition link,» said senior author Sandra Waxman, the Louis W. Menk Chair in Psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern and faculty fellow in the University's Institute for Policy Research.

Promoting the power and consequence of science «is more important than ever right now,» particularly as critics question the role of evidence - based science in policymaking and as Congress considers significant proposed cuts to federal funding for scientific research that drives innovation, said Tobin Smith, vice president of policy at the Association of American Universities, during the March 27 S&T Policy Forum session «Advocating for Science: More Than a One - Day Activity.&policy at the Association of American Universities, during the March 27 S&T Policy Forum session «Advocating for Science: More Than a One - Day Activity.&Policy Forum session «Advocating for Science: More Than a One - Day Activity.»

«Today, the role of patients as partners permeates the R&D landscape,» and «[t] he past year has ushered in a «perfect storm» of policy initiatives in biomedical research and opportunities for patient engagement,» the authors wrote.

While he has offered few details on policies for biomedical research, Trump said last year that he has heard «terrible» things about the US National Institutes of Health; he has also derided NASA as a «logistics agency for low - Earth orbit activity ``, and said he would expand the role of the commercial space industry in the US space programme.

A: One of the roles of this division is to constantly evaluate outcomes and review policy for research and career development and training programs.

With the exception of Finland, statistical data on liberal adult education is poorly available and the activities often lack a clear organisation, making the role of liberal adult education in educational policy and academic research less prominent than that of vocational non-formal education.

The scientific community needs to more effectively speak out about the necessity of evidence - based policies, scientific integrity protections and public access to research to defend the role of science, said John Holdren, former White House science adviser, in a speech on the eve of the April 22nd March for Science.

As a result, «we think journals should reconsider their conflict - of - interest policies and think about having transparent, readily accessible conflict of interest policies for editors, given they play such a crucial role in shaping health care research,» says Liu.

Holgate and others gathered on 25 September for a conference addressing the role of non-governmental organizations in the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), which was held at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University and co-sponsored by AAAS, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, CORDS: Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance, the UPMC Center for Health Security, the Elizabeth R. Griffin Research Foundation and the CSIS Global Health Policy Center.

«Although NIH played an essential role in the discussions with the Lacks family about the use of HeLa cells, we all need to think about how we approach issues that arise as science moves forward, balancing privacy concerns with advances in research, and the ways policy can be updated to reflect these complexities,» added Dr. Fagen.

Previous roles include performing wind energy research at the Ames National Laboratory and interning with the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis.

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA — 87 % of scientists believe they and their peers should take an active role in public policy debates, according to a Pew Research Center report presented by Lee Rainie of the Pew Internet and American Life Project during «Scientists Engaging with Reporters, the Public, and Social Media: Survey Findings,» a session yesterday at the annual meeting of AAAS, which publishes Science Careers.

The policies governing NIH grants, contained in a document called Office of Management and Budget Circular A-21, do not include a broader impacts criterion, although PIs and postdocs each have a «dual role» as persons who are simultaneously both working on a specific research project and giving or receiving training, says Walter Schaffer, NIH senior scientific adviser for extramural research, in an interview with Science Careers.

EUA plays a crucial role in the Bologna Process and in influencing EU policies on higher education, research and innovation.

The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) is a not - for - profit professional society that advances the various roles of genetic counselors in health care by fostering education, research, and public policy to ensure the availability of quality genetic services.

Congress plays a critical role in shaping the American research portfolio by prescribing funding levels for research programs and, often, by directing policy.

In these roles, she has helped advocate for the implementation of NPA's recommended policies and practices for research fellows across various academic institutions, participated in fundraising, built strategic partnerships, and served on committee leader search panels.

Doing so will allow science to play a more prominent role in the decision - making process in Congress and may result in increased funding for scientific research, improved regulations, and the implementation of other policies that benefit plant biology.

Since it was founded in 1996, the Clinical Research Forum has enabled the sharing of best practices in clinical research, informed meaningful policy dialogues and increasingly played a national advocacy role in support of clinical rResearch Forum has enabled the sharing of best practices in clinical research, informed meaningful policy dialogues and increasingly played a national advocacy role in support of clinical rresearch, informed meaningful policy dialogues and increasingly played a national advocacy role in support of clinical researchresearch.

In this role, he has management responsibility for the secretariat to the NRC Council and senior executive as well as for ethics policies and administrative support involving human subjects research, animal care, conflict of interest, and disclosures of wrongdoing as well as research integrity.

ASBMB's science policy fellow Chris Pickett describes the role of scientists when it comes to preparing those in the government and the judiciary for dealing with high - profile controversies, such as the Supreme Court's ruling on patents on complementary DNA and the release of the draft High Quality Research Act.

In this role, Christian regularly participated in science - policy meetings with the European Commission (e.g. initiative on «Open science 2030») and the European Parliament (e.g. initiative «European Research Area — a Maastricht for Research»).

SEATTLE — Supercomputing's roles in biomedical research and policy making will be discussed by U.S. Department of Energy chief scientist Dimitri Kusnezov at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Allen Institute in Seattle.

Our core strengths in green chemistry and engineering research, combined with our role as a trusted third - party facilitator of stakeholder collaborations drives meaningful change toward solutions that 1) preserve natural capital, 2) are safe and sustainable across the product life cycle, 3) align and leverage different types of policy instruments, and 4) actively engage stakeholders to ensure equity.

CO2Chem is free to join and provides networking opportunities, runs conferences and meetings, provides regular news and funding updates, publishes reports and creates informational videos, researches public perception of CDU and has a policy and advocacy role.

The European Gender Summits are based on the vision of genSET under the overarching theme of «Quality Research and innovation through Quality» and bring together eminent speakers from research, policy, industry and initiatives from across the world in dialogue to better understand gender's role in science and innovation excellence, the latest programmes and initiatives and to form policy for the Future of Gender and Innovation inResearch and innovation through Quality» and bring together eminent speakers from research, policy, industry and initiatives from across the world in dialogue to better understand gender's role in science and innovation excellence, the latest programmes and initiatives and to form policy for the Future of Gender and Innovation inresearch, policy, industry and initiatives from across the world in dialogue to better understand gender's role in science and innovation excellence, the latest programmes and initiatives and to form policy for the Future of Gender and Innovation in Europe.

Thus far, much of the conversation about postdocs and their roles in the scientific workforce has been enmeshed in wider discussions of biomedical research policy [9,10].

Aligning yoga with its evolving role in health care: Comments on yoga practice, policy and research.

Dynarski has served on the board of contributors of Evidence Speaks, a weekly series of reports by a standing panel of researchers under the editorship of Russ Whitehurst, with a commitment to elevating the role of methodologically rigorous research in the formation of education and social policy.

As Professor Howard Gardner says, that vision «helped all of us understand the unique role of a graduate school of education, situated at the nexus of practice, policy, and research.»

We explore the variety of content available to young people and their families; document the developing child's patterns of use and understanding of media; examine theories and methods for assessing media effects; review research on the role of media in shaping individual identity, social relationships, and responses to challenging issues; and analyze public policies that affect media creators, consumers, and citizens.

She serves a unique role by bridging research to practice, successfully informing philanthropy, nonprofit practice, policy and social innovation.

A research group GEPS (Globalisation, Education and Social Policies) of Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) have initiated a petition draft concerning the future developments of UNESCO's Education for All framework, it includes inter alia the following critique: «-LSB-...] efforts that would outsource the role of elected and accountable governments to provide free quality education to the private sector and for profit companies are neither equitable nor democratic.»

American philanthropy, by local and national foundations, corporations, and wealthy individuals, has played many important roles in K — 12 education: creating new schools, underwriting research, funding scholarships, testing hypotheses, generating new curricula, invoking ideals, setting agendas, bolstering training, and building a case for policy changes.

In support of this work, the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child (Council), the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs (Forum), and the FrameWorks Institute (which the Center commissions to execute communications research), each play critically important roles.

In this role, Chad plans and leads Fordham's Ohio policy, advocacy, and research agenda.

With a career forged in educational grantmaking, state education policy, and academe, Kent McGuire seems to have spent a lifetime preparing for his new role as assistant secretary of the Department of Education's office of educational research and improvement.