By i-Teamer, Dave Bosworth Science can play a vital role in creating informed and useful policy, but often important research does not reach the attention of policy makers. Over the past three months, a group of early career researchers has been investigating the pathway to linking researchers … [Read more...] about i-Team on Policy, Easter 2011, with the Centre for Science and Policy
Improving infant health in the developing world while breastfeeding
Contact: Stephen Gerrard, Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology & Arron Rodrigues, Engineering World Health Cambridge Other information: JustMilk Originally based on an idea from a conference at MIT where a team of students were challenged to reduce mother to child HIV transmission, … [Read more...] about Improving infant health in the developing world while breastfeeding
Influencing government policy through scientific research
Contact: Dr. Christopher Tyler, Centre for Science and Policy Mentor: Nancy Bocken, Engineering Academic research which is relevant for informing government policy usually has a narrow set of obvious policy applications. On closer inspection much of this research would also have relevance to a … [Read more...] about Influencing government policy through scientific research
Investigating uses for a polymer “doorway” into living cells
Contact: Professor Nigel Slater, Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology Mentors: Dr Jason Mellad & Alex Hellawell, Innovia Professor Slater and his team have been working for the past 15 years on the problem of how to get delivery payloads into cells across living cell membranes. The … [Read more...] about Investigating uses for a polymer “doorway” into living cells
