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Cardin to Speak at Hopkins on the Important Role of Science in Shaping Public Policy
Thursday, October 9 at 9:30 AM, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin will open a one-day forum on the future of public health advocacy at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. Senator Cardin will discuss the important role science and research often have in developing public policy. The forum’s primary purpose will be to explore this relationship and especially understand how public health research affects policy and what mechanisms yield engagement and impact.
“Public health advocates play a critical role in shaping national and global actions. Better public policy results when public health science, evidence and research are combined in advocacy efforts,” said Senator Cardin, a member of the Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee.
WHAT: JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health Forum on Public Health Advocacy
WHO : U.S. Senator Ben Cardin
Dr. Michael J. Klag, Dean, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Jose “Oying” Rimon II, Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, JHU Senior Scientist
JHU Faculty and Other Leading Public Health Practitioners
WHEN: Thursday, October 9 at 9:30AM
WHERE: JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore
HOW: MEDIA should register with Barbara Benham at bbenham1@jhu.edu