Policy Archives - Knowing Neurons

FIRST PLACE WINNER! Policy Brief by Manaswini Kar, Keerthana Manikandan, and Jonathan Klonowski With at least one-eighth of the entire global population living with mental illness, the world stands at… Read More

Brain Development Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Neuropolicy Paper Competition 2023 Science Policy

Yug Yadava September 12, 2023September 12, 2023 Genetics, pediatrics, Policy, United States

The National Expansion of Newborn Screening Tests for Leukodystrophies

Policy Memo by Yug Yadava Executive Summary When a child is born at a hospital in the United States, he or she is tested for genetic, inherited, heart, and hearing… Read More

Science Policy

Bineh Ndefru May 17, 2022October 21, 2022 Air pollution, Cognitive Impairment, environment, Neurodegenerative disease, Policy, Technology

Protecting our Communities with Technology Standards for Future Hydrogen Fuel Combustion Facilities

Written by Bineh Ndefru Natural gas-fired plants meet much of the electric power generation need in California. In 2020, natural gas plants generated over 48% of the state’s electricity and… Read More

Interviews Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Anita November 8, 2016June 30, 2017 Anxiety, Conversation, depression, Global, Health, Interview, Mental, Neuroscience, Neuroscience 2016, Policy, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Research, Science, SfN, SfN16, Shekhar Saxena, Society for Neuroscience, WHO, World Health Organization

Mental Health is a Part of Health: A Conversation with Shekhar Saxena

In a recent presidential town hall, President Obama looked directly into the camera and made a powerful statement about mental health. “If something inside you feels like it’s wounded, it’s… Read More

Science Policy

Jenn Tribble April 6, 2016March 5, 2017 Appropriation, Budget, Capitol Hill, Congress, Fiscal Year, Hill Day, House of Representation, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, NIH, NSF, Policy, President, Research, Senate, SfN, Society for Neuroscience

Translating Science to Policy: How to be a Science Advocate

Every year in our nation’s Capitol, there is a different kind of March Madness, otherwise known as appropriation season. … Read More