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The Science and Politics Initiative at Rutgers' Eagleton Institute of Politics has launched the first publicly accessible national database of elected state legislators with scientific, engineering and health care training.
"As our nation continues to face the pandemic, climate change, renewable energy infrastructure and other science-based issues, it becomes apparent that the perspectives of scientists who hold elected office are invaluable," said Anna Dulencin, senior program coordinator of the Eagleton Science and Politics Initiative.
Anna Dulencin is the senior program coordinator of the Eagleton Science and Politics Initiative.The new database comes a year after the COVID-19 pandemic and economic shutdown and underscores the importance of developing stronger communication and a better understanding between scientists and elected officials, Dulencin said.