What Does 'Peer Reviewed for Scientific Publication' Mean and How Does the Process Work? - March 20, 2007
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Briefing Lecture Videos with Introductory Remarks by Representative Rush Holt
Suggested Reading
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
9:30-11:30 AM
Capitol Building, SC-4
Briefing for House of Representatives (PDF)
Dear Colleague Letter from Representatives Bart Gordon (D-TN), Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)
Briefing for Senate (PDF)
Dear Colleague Letter from Senators Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Made possible by the generous support of the Henry Luce Foundation and the Winslow Foundation.
Members of the Congress are exposed to a wide variety of claims and counterclaims about many scientific questions and often find it difficult to determine which are widely accepted by the scientific community and which are not. This is a worrisome situation, especially when it comes to matters in which a great deal is at stake, such as protecting the global environment or the public’s health. In these areas, and in many others before the Congress, the health and lives of large numbers of people may be at risk for significant periods of time, and it is critically important that policy-makers be informed by the best and the most current science. But how can they tell what that is?
The process of peer review serves to provide expert critical evaluation before scientific findings are accepted for publication, both for journals and for many books. While the process has its limitations, it offers the best means the scientific community has for insuring quality control.
This briefing will feature two of the country’s leading experts on the subject—Dr. Donald Kennedy, Editor-in-Chief of Science, the nation’s premier general science journal; and Dr. Jeffrey M. Drazen, Editor-in-Chief of The New England Journal of Medicine, the foremost medical journal in the U.S.
Welcome and Introduction
Eric Chivian, M.D.
Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School, Shared 1985 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient for Co-Founding International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Peer Review for Science Journals
Donald Kennedy, Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief, Science; Bing Professor of Environmental Science and President emeritus, Stanford University; former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
Peer Review for Medical Journals
Jeffrey M. Drazen M.D., Editor-in-Chief, The New England Journal of Medicine; Distinguished Parker B. Francis Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Discussion to Follow
Briefing Lecture Videos with Introductory Comments by Representative Rush Holt (Real Player)
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