The Johns Hopkins Science Policy and Diplomacy Group
Our story
The Johns Hopkins Science Policy and Diplomacy Group (JHSPDG) was founded in 2016, with the mission to advocate for evidence-based policies that advance science and safeguard public health. Our participants include graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, healthcare professionals, and faculty.
Our Mission
Develop science policy and diplomacy coverage and commentary that promotes civic engagement and policy literacy in early career scientists
Create training, tool-kits, and science communications resources for our research advocates
Coordinate advocacy events around the STEM legislative agenda at both the local and federal level in the US as well as internationally
Engage with science policy, diplomacy, advocacy, and communication professionals via an invited speaker series
Provide career development opportunities for trainees in science policy, diplomacy and advocacy
What We've ADVOCATED FOR
Federal research funding (NIH/NSF)
Ethical considerations of gene-editing technology
21st Century Cures Act
Opposition to the ‘grad tax’
Climate change
Expanded healthcare access
Transition to sustainable agriculture through pesticide use reduction
OUR PARTNERSHIPS
We are an official chapter of the National Science Policy Network (NSPN), a non-profit organization composed of early career scientists interested in science policy, diplomacy, and advocacy.
As part of NSPN, the JHSPG has contributed to the annual policy memo competition, the 2020 Election Initiative, and participated in the National Science Policy Symposium and the NSPN Eastern Hub Retreat!