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Shaping National Public Health Policies With Science
CU Anschutz experts sit on NASEM committees, offering a ‘critical translational step’ in turning science into policy
Professors and faculty members at most research universities spend the bulk of their professional time in well-known academic pursuits: teaching, researching, collaborating with colleagues, and leading the next generation of experts in their respective fields. Less apparent are hundreds of hours some volunteer to present at conferences, provide testimony for policies, and collaborate on scientific committee work, publish papers, and review others’ work for publication.
One distinguished but often less publicized volunteer effort is chairing or sitting on a variety of committees within the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM). At the Colorado School of Public Health (ColoradoSPH), many faculty volunteer with NASEM committees, and in this role, they help to shape policies