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How To Increase the Impact Of Your Work…And Why It Matters
Brought to you by the
Civic and Public Engagement Committee (CPEC)
Formerly known as the Public Policy Leadership GroupSlide2
Forbes-- 10/7/13“All research carried out within or supported by NIH is not equal, and the projects carried out by its NCCAM — are clearly a
weak link
…. many of its projects are trivial and almost all of the interventions tested have proven to be worthless.”
Behavioral Science Under AttackSlide3
Wall Street Journal 7-25-13– “Most of these
ill-advised
projects are funded by NSF’s Social, Behavioral and Economics Directorate. The social sciences grants were evaluated with more rigor when they were organizationally within the NSF's Biology Directorate. When these grants were split off, scientific rigor gave way to cronyism and narcissistic self-regard
.” Slide4
New York Times –7-19-13 “the social sciences have stagnated. They offer essentially the same set of academic departments and disciplines that they have for nearly 100 years: sociology, economics, anthropology, psychology and political science. This is not only
boring
but also counterproductive, constraining engagement with the scientific cutting edge and
stifling the creation of new and useful knowledge
.”Slide5
USA Today – September 30, 2013
Rethinking science funding:
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, (R-VA)
and Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology and
Representative Lamar Smith, (R-TX)
wrote “we have recently seen far too many questionable grants, especially in the social, behavioral and economic sciences.” Slide6
Behavioral scientistsSlide7
What can I do to increase the impact of my work (and the field of behavioral medicine)?Slide8
Strategies to influence thought
High impact
Interact with policy makers
Interact with press
Join community organizations
Write editorials
Social media
Join the CPEC!
Low impact
Publish research in scientific journals
Attend professional conferences
See patients
TeachingSlide9
To increase the policy and public impact of behavioral medicine. Letter sign-on campaigns
Editorials
Capitol Hill visitsTracking legislation
Social media
Educating membership
CPEC’s MissionSlide10
StoriesSlide11
Katula JA, Vitolis MZ, Morgan TM, et al. The Healthy Living Partnershipsto Prevent Diabetes Study: 2-year outcomes of a
randomized controlled
trial. Am J Prev Med 2013;44:S324–S332.
Pagoto
S., Lemon SC., Whiteley J. on behalf of the SBM Public Policy
Leadership Group. Behavioral weight loss counseling: Reimbursement policy limits implementation of the evidence. NEJM. 2013; N69(5), 485-486
.
Daumit GL, Dickerson FB, Wang NY, et al. A behavioral weight-loss intervention in persons with serious mental
illness. N
Engl
J Med 2013;368:1594-602
.Pagoto S, Lemon SC., Pbert L., Van Dorsten B., Whiteley J. on behalf of the SBM Public Policy Leadership Group. Evidence for community-based approaches to weight loss: a case for revising the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services reimbursement structures. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2013 Aug;45(2):e17-8. PubMed PMID: 23867037.EditorialsSlide12
Sherry.pagoto@umassmed.edu