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Message ID: 11372
Date: 2024-04-16

Author:Taylor Scott

Subject:Preparing the research workforce for policy impact

Dear colleagues, I'd like to share some exciting updates and request that you share this policy training program with students (bachelors, masters, doctoral; e.g., practica, internship) who may be interested in gaining policy or nonacademic training or research translation experiences. A few more updates of possible interest: 1. Receive policy engagement opportunities in the Rapid Response Network : We're actively working to scale up the Research-to-Policy Collaboration model across state legislatures as part of an experiment funded by NIDA regarding substance use prevention . We are also supporting a violence prevention program and are optimistic about expanding to child maltreatment next. Future hoped for areas of development include mental health service delivery, environmental health, and built environment/infrastructure. Anyone who provides their contact info is on call to be possibly matched with state policymakers who share interests. This is not a listserv, but is infrastructure for research impact. 2. Preparing the research workforce for policy impact: We're hosting a preconference workshop at the Society for Prevention Research this summer which will provide premium policy training that has previously been restricted due to experimentation. This is geared toward "honest brokerage", a nonpartisan and educational approach to research translation for partnering with policymakers. 3. Organizational developments: The Research-to-Policy Collaboration is a model, it is what we DO, it is not who we ARE. Other orgs may replicate the RPC and technical assistance for research translation is now offered by the nonprofit TrestleLink . This has required my team at Penn State to clarify our own sense of organizational identity as the Research Translation Platform , which implements and studies research translation models including RPC, Family Impact Seminars, Results First, and the SciComm Optimizer (SCOPE). I appreciate the tremendous work scholars are doing to serve our communities. I am really inspired to help unlock the potential for social good and feel so fortunate that so many colleagues have joined these efforts. Please reach out if there's ever anything I can do to help! Taylor Scott, Ph.D. Associate Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, Pennsylvania State University Executive Director of the Research Translation Platform President, TrestleLink BOD, National Prevention Science Coalition (NPSC)

Dear colleagues, I'd like to share some exciting updates and request that you share this policy training program with students (bachelors, masters, doctoral; e.g., practica, internship) who may be interested in gaining policy or nonacademic training or research translation experiences. A few more updates of possible interest: 1. Receive policy engagement opportunities in the Rapid Response Network : We're actively working to scale up the Research-to-Policy Collaboration model across state legislatures as part of an experiment funded by NIDA regarding substance use prevention . We are also supporting a violence prevention program and are optimistic about expanding to child maltreatment next. Future hoped for areas of development include mental health service delivery, environmental health, and built environment/infrastructure. Anyone who provides their contact info is on call to be possibly matched with state policymakers who share interests. This is not a listserv, but is infrastructure for research impact. 2. Preparing the research workforce for policy impact: We're hosting a preconference workshop at the Society for Prevention Research this summer which will provide premium policy training that has previously been restricted due to experimentation. This is geared toward "honest brokerage", a nonpartisan and educational approach to research translation for partnering with policymakers. 3. Organizational developments: The Research-to-Policy Collaboration is a model, it is what we DO, it is not who we ARE. Other orgs may replicate the RPC and technical assistance for research translation is now offered by the nonprofit TrestleLink . This has required my team at Penn State to clarify our own sense of organizational identity as the Research Translation Platform , which implements and studies research translation models including RPC, Family Impact Seminars, Results First, and the SciComm Optimizer (SCOPE). I appreciate the tremendous work scholars are doing to serve our communities. I am really inspired to help unlock the potential for social good and feel so fortunate that so many colleagues have joined these efforts. Please reach out if there's ever anything I can do to help! Taylor Scott, Ph.D. Associate Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, Pennsylvania State University Executive Director of the Research Translation Platform President, TrestleLink BOD, National Prevention Science Coalition (NPSC)