HMS in the News
A Call for Scientific Leadership — DC Journal
In a compelling call for scientific leadership, Aaron F. Mertz, Executive Director of Science and Society at the Aspen Institute, highlights a challenge facing American science. A recent collaborative study reveals growing concerns about anti-science rhetoric and the critical need to reinvest in STEM education, research, and evidence-based policymaking.
Renée Fleming Neuroarts Investigator Awards
NeuroArts Blueprint
The Renée Fleming Foundation in partnership with the NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative is offering year two of the Renée Fleming Neuroarts Investigator Awards. The Awards support innovative and collaborative research by early career researchers, designed to expand the evidence base of the emerging field of neuroarts and further the mission of the Neuroarts Blueprint Initiative. The mission of the NeuroArts Blueprint is to ensure the arts — and their use in all their many forms — become part of mainstream medicine and public health.
Science at the Ballot Box Magazine
Science & Society
Dr. Aaron F. Mertz, Executive Director of Science & Society at The Aspen Institute, shares another weekly article release from his “Science at the Ballot Box” series, a collaboration with Nautilus magazine examining critical issues in science policy in the lead-up to Election Day 2024.
Science & Society Program Youth Initiative “Our Future Is Science” named winner in Global Science Engagement Competition
Science & Society
The Aspen Institute Science & Society Program’s Our Future Is Science (OFIS) initiative has been selected as one of 20 global Winners in the annual Falling Walls Foundation competition to identify scientific breakthroughs of the year. Through a competitive process adjudicated by an Advisory Board, OFIS was judged out of 136 applications from 54 countries in the Science Engagement category which this year has a special focus on climate change and adaptation.
What did I find at the Aspen Ideas Festival? A lot of inspiration and hope
Aspen Ideas Health
Dr. Fred Pelzman shares his experiences attending Aspen Ideas Health, and enjoying some time in the Rocky Mountains.
Aspen Ideas Festival transformative experience for Yale School of Public Health professor
Aspen Ideas Health
Dr. Ijeoma Opara, a Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor and Aspen Idea Health Fellow, reflects on her experiences attending the festival, including meeting Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the National Institute of Health
Recent Releases
Tactics for Trust: A Practitioner’s Playbook for Building Public Trust in Science and Other Domains
Science & Society
The third installment in Science & Society’s publication series on public trust in science, this text represents an actionable summary from a diverse group of multi-sector trustbuilders to foster a candid, open conversation around the tactics that make up an effective trustbuilder’s toolkit in science and more broadly.
State Efforts to Control Healthcare Costs: Lessons Learned and Insights for the Future
Health, Medicine & Society
Sates have become laboratories for testing policy and programmatic ideas to address the high costs of healthcare and keep spending under control. A new report released by an expert Working Group offers a decision–making framework to guide them as they consider optimal approaches tailored to their needs.
Reducing the Health Harms of Firearm Injury
Health, Medicine & Society
AHSG’s latest report examines the epidemic proportion of firearm injury in the United States—more than 48,000 Americans lost their lives to firearms in 2021, twice that many were injured, and millions more experienced the trauma associated with such violence. This report presents AHSG’s five big ideas to address the problem and includes background papers providing an overview of the causes and consequences of gun violence, the American culture of guns, and the use of harm reduction and community intervention techniques to curb violence.
The Evolving Role of Hospitals and Health Systems in Community Health and Emergency Preparedness
Health, Medicine & Society
Often under financial pressure while being asked to do more, hospitals and health systems need new approaches to ensure high-value care. This report offers recommendations for how hospitals can evolve to meet growing expectations while remaining financially viable.
Improving Medicare at Home for Beneficiaries and Family Caregivers
Health, Medicine & Society
A new report released by an expert Working Group offers a package of recommendations designed to strengthen the home-based healthcare and social service resources available to Medicare beneficiaries and their unpaid family caregivers. This report draws on commissioned research and the expertise of senior leaders in the public and private sectors who convened at the Aspen Institute to explore strategies for change.
Tactics for Trust: A Practitioner’s Playbook for Building Public Trust in Science and Other Domains
Science & Society
Always working at the pulse of critical issues at the intersection of science and society, the Aspen Institute Science & Society Program convened a roundtable of experts from across six countries and multiple sectors to foster what might be considered a ‘provocative’ conversation on open access. This roundtable forms one piece of a constellation of Open Science activities within the program’s Global Science pillar.
