Science and Public Health Policy Makers

Science and Public Health Policy Makers

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Panelists:

Peter A. Briss, MD, MPH, Chief, Community Guide Branch, National Center for
Health Marketing, Coordinating Center for Health Information and Science, CDC,
Atlanta, GA
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Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, LLD, John Carroll Research Professor of Law Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC; Director, Center for Law & the Public's Health, Baltimore, MD
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Richard N. Gottfried, JD, Assemblymember, New York State Assembly; Chair, Committee on Health, New York, NY
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Moderator: Dixie Snider, MD, MPH, Chief Science Officer, CDC, Atlanta, GA
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Learning Objectives:

Identify types of scientific information that can be used to support policy making;
Discuss types of scientific information that are likely to be more (or) less persuasive and defensible from both scientific and legal perspectives; and
Understand how scientific information must be used together with other information to support policy making.

Resource Material:

A portfolio of resource materials on evidence-based public health is available at http://www.thecommunityguide.org/. Materials on public health law are available at http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/.

This page is last updated on June 27, 2005.