VT-BEST Event: Science Policy Mini-Internship
Science Policy Mini-Internship
Workshop Leaders:
Dr. Meredith Fox: Director of Office of Science Policy, Planning, and Communications at NIMH. Dr. Fox will provide a perspective from the public sector.
Dr. Gregory Frank: Director of Infectious Disease Policy at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). Dr. Frank will provide a perspective from the private sector.
April 13th, 2018; Time: 8:30am-Noon, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, 2 Riverside Circle, Roanoke, VA
Gregory Frank and Meredith Fox will offer a fun Science Policy Mini-internship workshop to provide trainees with hands-on exercises and case studies in consensus building and communicating policy positions. The goal is to better understand the function of the policy analyst and skills required to be successful at the job.
Location: Roanoke Campus. Room number provided with registration confirmation.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED, Limited to 21 PhD students and postdocs.
Please consider attending!
