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​Volume 17, Issue 01 
September 2020

Published in partnership with
AAAS Science & Technology Fellowship program

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JSPG-AAAS STPF Special Issue Cover Memo
Beth Rosner

Keywords: American Association for  the Advancement of Science; Science & Technology Policy Fellowships; Journal of Science Policy & Governance
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Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma, joined by President Donald J. Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, delivers remarks during a coronavirus update briefing Sunday, April 19, 2020, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)
Policy Memo: COVID-19 Exposes Urgent Inequities: A Call to Action for Healthcare Reform
Priyanka Bushana, Brandy Seignemartin, Ravneet Kaur Waraich, Whitney W. Wood 

Keywords: health equity; health policy; health advocacy; COVID-19; healthcare reform; HHS
COVID-19 Exposes Urgent Inequities: A Call to Action for Healthcare Reform
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Policy Memo: ​Michigan Farmers of Color and the Future of Sustainable Food Systems
​Kimberly N. Carr, Vanessa Garcia Polanco, Shakara Tyler


Keywords: sustainable food systems; agrarian racial and ethnic disparities; sustainability; farmers of color; agriculture; Michigan
Michigan Farmers of Color and the Future of Sustainable Food Systems
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Policy Memo: ​Overview of Pharmaceutical Disposal Methods: Addressed to the General Assembly of Illinois
Kavitha Chintam, Olivia Williams Barber, Suyog Padgaonkar


Keywords:
pharmaceuticals, disposal, medications, drug take-back, Illinois
Overview of Pharmaceutical Disposal Methods: Addressed to the General Assembly of Illinois
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White Paper: ​Navigating Workplace Wellness Programs in the Age of Technology and Big Data
Hannah-Kaye Fleming

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Keywords: workplace wellness programs, privacy, data, technologies, HIPAA, employer, employee
​Navigating Workplace Wellness Programs in the Age of Technology and Big Data
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Photo from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website, used for educational purposes
Policy Memo: ​Establishing Climate Change Resilience in the Great Lakes in Response to Flooding
Gwendolyn E Gallagher, Ryan K Duncombe, Timothy M Steeves

Keywords: Great Lakes; climate change resilience; EPA; green infrastructure; flooding
Establishing Climate Change Resilience in the Great Lakes in Response to Flooding
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Policy Memo: ​Securing Election Infrastructure with Hand-Marked Paper Ballots
Varun Gupta, Joel Hypolite, Stephen Mell, Hersh Sanghvi


Keywords: voting machines; election security; critical infrastructure; Congress; democracy
Securing Election Infrastructure with Hand-Marked Paper Ballots
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Policy Memo: ​Beyond Cash Bail: Public Health, Risk Assessment, and California Senate Bill 10
​Zoe Guttman, Yuki Hebner, Kanon Mori, Jonathan Balk

Keywords: science policy; mental health; public health; risk assessment; cash bail; pretrial detention; California
Beyond Cash Bail: Public Health, Risk Assessment, and California Senate Bill 10
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Policy Memo: ​Streamlining USDA Regulation of Gene Editing to Benefit US Agriculture
Sarah Hartman, Wilson Horner, Christopher Jackson, Emma Kovak, Vetri Velan

Keywords: gene editing; GMO; agriculture; regulation; USDA
Streamlining USDA Regulation of Gene Editing to Benefit US Agriculture
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Policy Memo: ​Financial and Environmental Cost-Benefit Analyses Support the Continuation of Government Incentives for Solar Power
Ryan Himes, London Withers, Alyssa Black


Keywords: solar energy; renewable energy; investment tax credit; government incentive; climate change; solar renewable energy credit; solar renewable energy certificate
Financial and Environmental Cost-Benefit Analyses Support the Continuation of Government Incentives for Solar Power
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"Medicine Cost" (CC BY 2.0) by Images_of_Money
Policy Memo: ​Federal Policy for Lowering Prescription Drug Prices
​Amanda Hurley, Celeste M. Sheftel, Alejandra Canales


Keywords: drug pricing; prescriptions; law; healthcare; patents; drug patent exemption 
Federal Policy for Lowering Prescription Drug Prices
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Smt42 / CC BY
Policy Analysis: ​Sustainable Trail Design, Not Hiker Permits, is Necessary for Environmental Preservation in New York State’s Adirondack Park High Peaks
​Khang T. Huynh, Christopher M. Koudelka

Keywords: Adirondack Park, High Peaks, soils, sustainable trail design, erosion
Sustainable Trail Design, Not Hiker Permits, is Necessary for Environmental Preservation in New York State’s Adirondack Park High Peaks
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Policy Memo: ​Inclusive Policymaking Tools: A COVID-19 Pandemic Case Study
Ans Irfan, Ankita Arora, Christopher Jackson, Celina Valencia


Keywords: diversity; equity; inclusion; DEI; inclusive public policy; COVID-19; social inequities; systems change; pandemic; community engagement; systems thinking; federal policy; public health
Inclusive Policymaking Tools: A COVID-19 Pandemic Case Study
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Antony-22 / CC BY-SA
Policy Memo: ​Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science: The Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposal to Internally Regulating Science
R. Samuel Herron, Jonathan Klonowski, Cassandra Rios


Keywords: EPA; regulations; regulatory policy; peer-review; validation; transparency; executive branch
Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science: The Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposal to Internally Regulating Science
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Alice Pien, MD / CC BY-SA
Policy Memo: ​Stem the Tide of Predatory Stem Cell Clinics: State and FDA Coordination to Protect Patients
​Griffin McCutcheon, John F. Malloy, Caitlyn A. Hall, Cassandra Barrett

Keywords: stem cell, public health, FDA, state regulation, medicine
Stem the Tide of Predatory Stem Cell Clinics: State and FDA Coordination to Protect Patients
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Policy Memo: Policy Recommendations to Reinvigorate Recycling in Arizona
Erin L. Murphy, Miranda L. Bernard, Levi Helm, Infynity Hill, Álex Tuñas-Corzón

Keywords: recycling; sustainability; waste management; Arizona; policy 
Policy Recommendations to Reinvigorate Recycling in Arizona
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Kabusa16 / CC BY-SA
Policy Memo: ​Ending Child Marriage in Nigeria: The Maternal and Child Health Country-Wide Policy
Hawa Iye Obaje, Chinelo Grace Okengwu, Aimable Uwimana, Henry Kanoro Sebineza, Chinonso Emmanuel Okorie

Keywords: child marriage; girls; early marriage; SDG 3; global health; equity; Nigeria
Ending Child Marriage in Nigeria: The Maternal and Child Health Country-Wide Policy
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Figure 1 from Ota et. al.
Figure 1: California funding and support for eDNA monitoring will sustain an analytical program that can inform management and conservation decisions. Improved primary data on the distribution of these important classifications of species will have positive impacts on biodiversity and development within the state.
Policy Memo: ​Environmental DNA Monitoring: Better Tracking of Endangered, Rare, Cryptic, and Invasive Species
William M. Ota, Caitlyn Hall, John Malloy, Morgan A. Clark

Keywords: biodiversity; conservation; California; endangered species; invasive species
Environmental DNA Monitoring: Better Tracking of Endangered, Rare, Cryptic, and Invasive Species
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Policy Memo: ​Standardizing Climate Education in New York State​
Ingrid J. Paredes, Steven Farrell, Omar Gowayed


Keywords: climate education; climate curriculum; schools; climate change; New York Senate; New York
Standardizing Climate Education in New York State​
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Policy Memo: Artificial Intelligence Alongside Physicians in Canada: Reality and Risks
Sumedha Sachar, Maïa Dakessian, Saina Beitari, Saishree Badrinarayanan


Keywords: healthcare; artificial intelligence; machine learning; regulations; data privacy; interoperability; digital health; PIPEDA; GDPR
Artificial Intelligence Alongside Physicians in Canada: Reality and Risks
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Policy Analysis: Illegality and Healthcare: A Federalist Perspective
Dennis J. Wieboldt III, Laura E. Perrault 

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Keywords: immigration, healthcare, illegality, social services, undocumented immigrant, public health, federalism
Illegality and Healthcare: A Federalist Perspective
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Policy Analysis: ​RIAC: Responsible and Informed Arctic Commercialization, A Way Forward
Anna M. Zolyniak


Keywords: Arctic; sustainable commercialization; environmental change; regulations; resource extraction; domain awareness
RIAC: Responsible and Informed Arctic Commercialization, A Way Forward
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JSPG Volume 17 Issue 01 Editorial Team

Associate Editors
Linda Ho, Sara Marriott, Jenny Ge, Sindhu Nathan, Clayton Nevins, Kellie McDonald, Emma Hibbett, Sara Crandall, Tess Carter, Luyi Cheng, Kathy Shield, Kelsey Schuch, Jake Russell, Max Olender, Stephanie Davis, Derek Wang, Olivia Foster Rhoades, Samuel Mahanes, Ethan Fitzgerald, Philip Ko, Nabanita Nawar, Ben Wolfson​
Assistant Editor-in-Chief
Rosie Dutt


Editor-in-Chief
Christian H. Ross

DISCLAIMER: The findings and conclusions published herein are solely attributed to the author and not necessarily endorsed or adopted by the Journal of Science Policy and Governance. Articles are distributed in compliance with copyright and trademark agreements.

ISSN 2372-2193
Issue DOI: https://doi.org/10.38126/JSPG1701
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