JSPG Volume 17 Issue 01

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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

JSPG-AAAS STPF Cover Memo
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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

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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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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A view of the Adirondack's High Peaks featuring Mount Marcy, its highest.

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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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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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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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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: 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

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