EurekAlert! News by Subject: Policy & Ethics - News by Subject: Policy & Ethics

Policy & Ethics

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 1-May-2025 11:08 ET (1-May-2025 15:08 GMT/UTC)

Improving crisis response and public transit through mobility modeling

Lehigh University
Grant and Award Announcement

Lehigh University researcher Yu Yang, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering, recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a model that can estimate and predict how people move within cities, which could better inform applications ranging from public health policy to transportation and urban planning. The research team includes Lehigh collaborators Lichao Sun, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering, and Yue Yu, a professor of applied mathematics in Lehigh’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

University of Cincinnati researchers pen editorial analyzing present, future of emergency consent in stroke trials

University of Cincinnati
Reports and Proceedings

The University of Cincinnati’s Yasmin Aziz, MD, and Joseph Broderick, MD, coauthored an editorial published Nov. 7 in the journal Neurology analyzing the current use and potential future of alternatives to traditional informed consent in acute stroke trials.

The new face of “MAKE IT ICONIC. Choose France”, Professor Yasmine Belkaid embodies French boldness in the Government's international campaign

Institut Pasteur
Business Announcement

Professor Yasmine Belkaid, immunologist and President of the Institut Pasteur, has joined the international attractiveness campaign “MAKE IT ICONIC. Choose France*”, which aims to promote France's boldness and spirit of innovation, by showcasing the country's research, expertise, know-how and economic strength.

Pioneering Planetary Boundaries science as key to mitigating rising planetary risks

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Planetary Boundaries framework is a pivotal tool for tackling the climate crisis and safeguarding humanity’s future on Earth. For the first time, the full story of the Planetary Boundaries is now being told from its beginning: In a review, researchers highlight the growing influence of the framework across disciplines and its impact on society and policy. The paper offers a unique overview of how the framework has been adopted across sectors. It also underscores how, 15 years after its initial proposal, PB science has become widely recognised as crucial for advancing the global sustainability agenda in an era of rising planetary risks.

Journal: Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

UK’s health data should be recognized as critical national infrastructure, says independent review

Health Data Research UK
Reports and Proceedings

An independent review, Uniting the UK’s Health Data: A Huge Opportunity for Society, published today (8 November 2024), has found that complexities and inefficiencies are impeding the use of the UK’s rich sources of health data to improve people’s health and lives.

How prisons fall short in protecting the incarcerated from climate disasters

University of Colorado at Boulder
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by the University of Colorado Boulder paints a grim picture of how blistering heat, wildfire smoke and other extreme weather events impact Colorado’s jail and prison population.

Journal: Environment and Planning E Nature and Space

Soil sampling in Houston’s Greater Fifth Ward reveals toxic levels of lead in yards, play areas

Texas A&M University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Study results showed the highest detectable concentrations of heavy metals were lead, barium and chromium. All samples except for lead had less than or the same levels expected for an urban area.The median levels of lead detected in seven samples from play areas (400 mg/kg) and three samples from residential areas (1200 mg/kg) were four times the levels for Texas overall. And these likely were underestimated because they did not account for lead-based paint or automotive fuel.

Journal: Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences