School of Public Policy

Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland. Former Senior Economist, World Bank. 

Economic factors will certainly impact the future of nuclear power. Members of the University of Chicago Department of Economics and the Harris School of Public Policy participated in a detailed study of the economic factors affecting the future of nuclear power.f In the long term nuclear power can be competitive with other sources given initial financial incentives. 

Timothy Swanson is a Professor in the School of Public Policy, University College London, and a Programme Director at the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment. 

Today, graduates at the doctoral level from programs in technology and policy, who want to enter academic careers, face similar problems. The difficulties of finding hospitable academic homes in traditional academic departments are not serious in fields such as energy or environment. However, in other areas such as telecommunications or information policy, graduates with outstanding technical credentials still cannot find jobs in EE departments. They do, however, find positions in schools of information systems, in business schools, or in schools of public policy. 

Rajendra Kulkarni School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA, rkulkarn gmu.edu... 

Hank C. Jenkins-Smith is professor of public policy at the George H.W. Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A M University in College Station. He holds the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Chair of Business and Government at the Bush School. He was previously professor of political science and director of the Institute for Public Policy at the University of New Mexico. Professor Jenkins-Smith s areas of research include science and technology policy, environmental policy, public perceptions of environmental and technical risks, and national security policy. Professor Jenkins-Smith has written books on the public policy process and policy analysis and has served on a number of committees for the National Research Council. 

Calculated Risks demystifies the science and policies of risk assessment. It has become a staple in risk education, and is essential reading for students and professionals in public health, environmental protection, and public policy. Thomas A. Burke, Professor and Associate Chair, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University... 

JUDITH H. LAROSA, Professor and Chair, Department of Community Health Services, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Liaison to the Board on Health Science Policy... 

Assessing noise emission levels in school gyms in the practice of physical activities is an important mechanism for the implementation of public policies on occupational diseases prevention professionals submitted to environments that have higher risk of noise. That is why there are standards and for the same reason they should be applied. 

Neil A. Holtzman, M.D., M.P.H., Genetic and Public Policy Studies, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD Carlton A. Hornung, Ph.D., M.P.H., University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY... 

Cook, Philip J., and Jens Ludwig. Gun Violence The Real Costs. New York Oxford University Press, 2000. The authors, both public policy experts, painstakingly calculate the total economic impact of gun violence. They consider it to be a major public health problem that costs Americans about 100 billion a year, including both the direct costs of injury and the cost of increased security at airports and schools. However, the authors take a moderate stance on gun control, advocating registration of handguns and stricter enforcement and increased sentencing for gun-related crimes. 

The Columbia University School of Nursing, Center for Health Policy has core competencies for all public health workers pertaining to bioterrorism and emergency preparedness to support training efforts. The competencies are based on the essential services of public health, to promote physical and mental health and prevent disease, injury, and disability, and serve as an emergency preparedness foundation for both individual and institutional development (Columbia University School of Nursing, 2002). 

Center for Health Policy, Columbia University School of Nursing. (2001). Core public health worker competencies for emergency preparedness and response. Atlanta, GA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

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