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Policy & Ethics

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4-Dec-2024

Study uses game theory to rethink our pandemic responses

Dartmouth College
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Dartmouth researchers use game theory to propose a new way of thinking about masking and social distancing rules that is more responsive to public sentiment and may help increase cooperation. The study is the first to consider mask wearing and social distancing as competing actions that people respond to differently, which would give public health officials more flexibility to adapt to epidemics.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health

4-Dec-2024

Social science research on trans and gender diverse youth highlights importance of inclusive polices

American Sociological Association
Reports and Proceedings

The American Sociological Association (ASA) has published the report Public Policy and the Well-Being of Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth in the United States: A Sociological Resource for Public Understanding by Harry Barbee and Kathleen E. Hull, with the ASA Committee on the Status of LGBTQ People in Sociology.

4-Dec-2024

New ASTRO survey finds that prior authorization delays lead to serious harm for people with cancer

American Society for Radiation Oncology
Reports and Proceedings

A new nationwide survey of 750+ radiation oncologists confirms that prior authorization harms people with cancer by causing treatment delays, abandoned treatments, hospitalizations and deaths. Findings also make clear that the problem of prior authorization is growing worse, with patients now experiencing longer radiation therapy treatment delays than during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results of the survey, the latest in a series from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), reinforce the urgent need for Congress to pass prior authorization reform legislation and prevent further harm to people with cancer.

4-Dec-2024

Alianza Americas co-founder Oscar Chacón to be awarded 2025 Inamori Ethics Prize

Case Western Reserve University
Grant and Award Announcement

The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University will award Oscar Chacón, a tireless advocate for human rights and dignity in immigration and dismantling the portrayal of immigrants as threats to society, with the 2025 Inamori Ethics Prize.

4-Dec-2024

Barrow researchers investigate whether environmental manganese exposure can lead to Parkinson’s disease

Dignity Health Arizona
Grant and Award Announcement

Backed by a $2.9 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health, Barrow Neurological Institute researchers are expanding their efforts to test a hypothesis that exposure to environmental manganese, two orders of magnitude below the typical occupational exposure, is associated with the progression of Parkinson’s symptoms.

Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

3-Dec-2024

Faster, more informed environmental permitting with AI-guided support

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

Federal environmental permitting process to be fast-tracked with AI-powered tools and cloud-supported data analysis.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

3-Dec-2024

Binghamton University collaborates with industry, academic partners on new $285M Manufacturing USA Institute

Binghamton University
Business Announcement

Binghamton University is a key partner in a new federally funded institute focused on the use of digital twins to improve domestic semiconductor design and manufacturing.

The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Semiconductor Research Corporation Manufacturing Consortium Corp. (SRC) announced last week that they are negotiating for the department to provide SRC $285 million to establish and operate a Manufacturing USA Institute. With combined funding totaling $1 billion, this investment will support the launch of the first-of-its-kind CHIPS Manufacturing USA Institute.