HMS in the News
Announcement: “Our Future Is Science” Initiative
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 [read more]
Commentary: Aspen Ideas Health
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 [read more]
Commentary: Aspen Health Strategy Group
Aspen Health Strategy Group Health, Medicine & Society’s Aspen Health Strategy Group’s 2023 report, Reducing the Health Harms of Firearm Injury, is one of only four documents listed as “Additional Recent Resources” in The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory [read more]
Press Release: NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative
NeuroArts Blueprint The Music Man Foundation today announced a $1 million award to the NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative to catalyze the research, practice, policy, and culture changes necessary to sustain the field of neuroarts. Neuroarts is the study of [read more]
Opinion Piece: Prevention Programs Save Lives and Money — Yet the Budget Process May Undervalue Them
Health, Medicine & Society Co-chairs of the Aspen Working Group on the Federal Budget Process, Dan Crippen and Nancy-Ann DeParle, penned an opinion piece published in The Hill on legislation recently passed by the US House of Representatives [read more]
Recent Releases
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.
Building Bridges, Earning Trust: The WHY and the HOW of Public Trust in Science
Science & Society
Public trust is one of three core pillars at the Aspen Institute Science & Society Program. A diverse group of multi-sector experts convened to foster a candid, open conversation around the ‘why’—both why trust in science is important and also why levels of trust in science are variable. To translate these observations into action, a ‘how’ discussion followed with a focus on identifying concrete strategies to build and sustain trust in science.
Dialogue on National Fiscal Policy and Health
Health, Medicine & Society
This new HMS report reinforces the multidimensional ties between the economic health of a nation and the health of its citizenry. The report, entitled Dialogue on National Fiscal Policy and Health, offers ten key principles that build on the recognition that economic productivity is deeply influenced by health status, primary care capacities, the presence or absence of systemic inequities, and the availability of affordable healthcare.
Aspen Ideas Health: Celebrating 10 Years of Impact
Aspen Ideas Health
Aspen Ideas: Health highlights and celebrates its 10-year history! This collection samples the stories of speakers, fellows, and attendees who explain the impact of how Aspen Ideas: Health has influenced and inspired their work over the years.
Advancing LGBTQ+ People in STEM Careers
Science & Society
In this report, the Science & Society program embarked on convening a roundtable discussion with international, cross-sector, LGBTQ+ STEM colleagues and set out to explore some of the barriers facing LGBTQ+ inclusion in STEM around the world. The aim is to inspire action within the STEM community, including corporate, research, academic, and nonprofit sectors, and pushes for intersectional policy change to build more inclusive spaces that ultimately benefit us all.
