How can bioethics researchers get their findings into the hands of those who shape policy? What gaps separate research and policy, and how can stakeholders navigate them? How can researchers and policymakers better communicate with and relate to each other?
The Greenwall Foundation held a webinar exploring these questions and more as we discussed approaches to increase bioethics’ impact on policymaking. The webinar featured panelists Nancy Berlinger, PhD, Robert Cook-Deegan, MD, and Kirstin Matthews, PhD, who all received funding to translate bioethics research into policy via the Foundation’s Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking initiative. Discussion focused on their strategies for connecting with policymakers, the challenges they encountered, and lessons they learned for future work.
The Greenwall Foundation seeks to make bioethics integral to decisions in health care, policy, and research. It awards approximately $3-4 million annually in support of its mission to expand bioethics knowledge to improve clinical, biomedical, and public health decision-making, policy, and practice. To learn more about the Foundation, visit greenwall.org.