Contact:
Eagleton Institute of Politicsevents@eagleton.rutgers.edu
848-932-9355
Where
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
675 Hoes Lane West
Piscataway, NJ 08854
*Please use the driving directions link below. If you use the Internet or GPS systems you will be misdirected.
Open to current Rutgers students, faculty, and staff only.
Eagleton Science and Politics Workshop
Communicating Risk Regarding Science and Health:
Lead Toxicity and Public Policy
Featured Speakers:
- Daniel J. Van Abs, Department of Human Ecology
Discussion of NJ Clean Water Council - Brian Buckley, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
Discussion of testing of water for lead in NJ - Deborah Spitalnik, Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
Discussion of the effect of lead poisoning (paint and water) on children’s development - William K. Hallman, Department of Human Ecology
Discussion of risk perception and how different audiences need to be addressed. - Itzhak Yanovitzky, School of Information and Communication
Discussion of how scientists and experts are perceived by the public and policy makers; audience analysis and how to get access to the right people to send your message
The Eagleton Science and Politics Workshop is offered in collaboration with the following partners (list in formation): The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical & Health Sciences; Departments of Neuroscience & Cell Biology and Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Division of Life Sciences; Graduate School-New Brunswick; Office of the Executive Dean, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences; The Rutgers University iJOBS program, which is funded by a Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training grant from the NIH.