CICATS Luncheon Seminar Series
“Your Role in Changing Hearts and Minds for Science”
Mary Woolley, President and CEO, Research!America
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location:
Low Learning Center, UConn Health
Farmington, Conn.
About the Speaker:
Mary Woolley is the president of Research!America, the nation’s largest not-for-profit, membership supported grassroots public education and advocacy organization committed to making medical and health research a higher national priority.
Woolley is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine) and served two terms on its Governing Council. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and served two terms on the National Academy of Sciences Board on Life Sciences. She is a founding member of the Board of Associates of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, is a member of the board of the Institute of Systems Biology, a member of the visiting committee of the University of Chicago Medical Center and a former member of the National Council for Johns Hopkins Nursing. She has served as president of the Association of Independent Research Institutes (AIRI), as a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation, and as a consultant to several research organizations.
About the Topic:
For the first time in six years both legislative branches and the White House will be in the same party’s hands. During this unprecedented time of transition, scientists must help ensure that the public, media, new and current policymakers hear about the benefits of research from the standpoint of how science contributes to economic growth and prosperity, national security, and better health. At a time when Congress and the public may be taking medical progress for granted, if they think about it at all, and given heightened public and policymaker demand for less government spending as well as more transparency and accountability, scientists themselves need to be more engaged in public outreach. Mary Woolley, president and CEO, Research!America will discuss the current state of federal science and health research agency budgets, share relevant public opinion survey data and provide insights on how to effectively communicate with the public, policymakers and the media.
Lunch will be provided starting at 12:30 p.m.
Seating will be limited, so please pre-register by Monday, December 12 by clicking here.
This luncheon seminar is hosted by the Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (CICATS) at UConn and the Kavli Foundation.
For more information, contact: Eliza Folsom at folsom@uchc.edu