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Building Global Mental Health Diplomacy – Challenges and Considerations in Policy Implementation
Mental health is an integral part of one’s health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2019, 1 in 8 people around the world suffer from mental illness, with this number increasing up to 28% in anxiety and depressive disorders through the Covid-19 pandemic. Considering the global scale of the issue combined with the…
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Environmental Science Policy: Water Quality in PA
From left to right: Darius Wallace, Jon Burgess, Dante Poe, Sharada Narayanan, Councilwoman Erika Strassburger Summary: In March of 2023 the Allegheny Science Policy Group (ASPG) held our second event in a speaker series on environmental science policy. Our first speaker was Jon Burgess, the new director of the Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory (PWC). He provided…
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Building Global Mental Health Diplomacy
With at least one-eighth of the entire global population living with mental illness, the world stands at the risk of a mental health pandemic. Concerted efforts at the global stage can play a pivotal role in preventing this crisis. International diplomacy centered on mental health can be key to expanding research, building the knowledge base,…
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Environmental Science Policy: Climate Change in PA
Summary: On 11/4/2022 the Allegheny Science Policy and Governance group welcomed PA House Rep. Martel Covington and Dr. Jeremy Weber, economics professor and Former Chief Economist for Energy Policy and Senior Adviser at the White House Council of Economic Advisers, to discuss environmental policy in Pennsylvania with an emphasis on climate change. Effective environmental policy…
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ASPG Represented at the Department of State
As part of the DiplomacyRISE program held by the National Science Policy Network, Meridian Institute, and supported by Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT), participants were invited to attend the final class in Washington, D.C. As part of this visit, attendees visited the Department of State (DOS) where they got a tour of the still closed-to-the-public National…
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