Latest EIC podcast on prevention and partnerships
May 9, 2023
The Evidence-to-Impact Podcast's latest episode focuses on prevention and partnerships and features a discussion about a long-standing collaborative relationship between Penn State and Pennsylvania government and their prevention and intervention work targeting youth and families. The episode…
Evidence-to-Impact Podcast on knowledge mobilization
Mar 17, 2023
In this EIC Podcast episode, we spoke to researchers with two different approaches to tackling the same problem: knowledge mobilization. Knowledge mobilization focuses on making knowledge, resources or practices that exist in one space and making them accessible to specific audiences. We talked…News Topics: EIC PodcastResearch-to-Policy Collaboration
New EIC podcast on chronic diseases
Jan 5, 2023
Our first episode of 2023 tackles a fascinating combination of topics involving the impact, prevention, and treatment of chronic diseases through state and local government programs. We spoke to Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes, assistant professor of biobehavioral health and the director of Epidemiology…
New EIC podcast on mental health screenings for adolescents in schools
Nov 2, 2022
This month's Evidence-to-Impact Podcast episode discusses mental health screenings for adolescents in the K-12 school system. We spoke to Deepa Sekhar, MD, associate professor in the department of pediatrics at the College of Medicine and executive director of Penn State PRO Wellness; Perri Rosen,…
Podcast episode discusses college students and mental health
Jun 24, 2022
The Social Science Research Institute’s Evidence-to-Impact Podcast returns for a third season with its eighteenth episode, “The Perfect Storm: College Students, Mental Health, and the Sense of Belonging on Campus.” The podcast’s moderator, Michael Donovan, the associate director of the Evidence-to-…
New EIC podcast on the PA juvenile justice system
Apr 7, 2022
We spoke to Megan Kurlychek, professor of sociology, criminology and public policy and associate director of the Criminal Justice Research Center at Penn State, and Rick Steele, executive director of the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission at the Pennsylvania Commonwealth, about their work in the…
EIC Podcast on the 2020 US Census
Nov 5, 2021
The 16th episode of the Evidence-to-Impact Podcast tackles all things related to the U.S. Census. We discussed the decennial Census, the data products created and released from the U.S. Census Bureau, the current demographic trends and challenges, and measuring hard-to-reach populations. We spoke…News Topics: EICEIC Podcast
New EIC Podcast on healthcare innovations now available
Oct 1, 2021
This month on the Evidence-to-Impact Podcast, we explored innovations in healthcare. We dive into how we can get more value out of the country's healthcare system without sacrificing the quality of care as well as lowering barriers for underserved populations. We spoke to Dr. Doug Jacobs, M.D., M.P…News Topics: EIC PodcastHealth Care
EIC Podcast Episode 14: Navigating PA’s Child Welfare System and Issues of Child Maltreatment
Aug 29, 2021
On the latest Evidence-to-Impact Podcast, we explored Pennsylvania’s child welfare system and issues of child maltreatment through the lens of an existing partnership between Penn State and government partners. We spoke to Jennie Noll, Ph.D., professor of human development and family studies and…
New EIC Podcast - Unemployment and the Labor Market
Jul 13, 2021
This month on the Evidence-to-Impact Podcast, we continue the Pandemic Perspective series and examine how the pandemic impacted unemployment and the labor market. To debunk some of the concerns and myths of unemployment and dive into the shifting economy, we spoke to Sarah Damaske, Ph.D., associate…
New EIC Podcast on food insecurity during the pandemic
May 20, 2021
This month on the Evidence-to-Impact Podcast, we continue the Pandemic Perspective series and examine how the pandemic has revealed the “hidden crisis” of food insecurity throughout Pennsylvania and the rest of the country. We spoke to Muzi Na, Ph.D., M.H.S., assistant professor of nutritional…
EIC Podcast on childcare during the pademic with Karen Grimm-Thomas and Philip Sirinides now available
Apr 19, 2021
This month, the Evidence-to-Impact Podcast returns to the Pandemic Perspective series and explore the state of the childcare system in Pennsylvania during the pandemic. We discuss the challenges and opportunities to funding, access, and quality for the childcare system. We spoke to Karen Grimm-…
EIC Podcast on PacMAT with Max Crowley and Laura Fassbende now available
Mar 24, 2021
This month, the Evidence-to-Impact Podcast is taking a short break from our Pandemic Perspective series to examine an existing working relationship between academia and government. For our March episode, we explore the Pennsylvania Coordinated Medication-Assisted Treatment Program, or PacMAT, which…News Topics: EIC PodcastPacMAT
Podcast’s new series explains impact of COVID-19 to our society and institutions
Feb 4, 2021
The Evidence-to-Impact Podcast, from Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute, asks the question: How can academia and government work together to tackle our country’s biggest problems? In its newest series, aptly titled “The Pandemic Perspective,” the Evidence-to-Impact Podcast aims to bring…News Topics: EIC PodcastCOVID-19
EIC Podcast on the Centre County Pandemic Perspective - Part 2
Jan 29, 2021
The Evidence-to-Impact Podcast is currently publishing a new series called The Pandemic Perspective, in which we examine how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and various aspects of our society, institutions, and other systems have collided, changed, and even collapsed in the last nine months. This…
New EIC Podcast on the Centre County Pandemic Perspective
Jan 21, 2021
The Evidence-to-Impact Podcast's new series, The Pandemic Perspective, examines how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and various aspects of our society, institutions, and other systems have collided, changed, and even collapsed in the last nine months. This month’s episode features a two-part…News Topics: EIC PodcastCOVID-19
EIC Podcast on examining the delivery of special education services during COVID-19
Dec 13, 2020
The Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative Podcast is offering a new series called The Pandemic Perspective, where we examine how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and various aspects of our society, institutions, and other systems have collided, changed, and even collapsed in the last nine months. For the…
New EIC podcast on income inequality
Oct 16, 2020
SSRI's latest Evidence-to-Impact Podcast episode features a discussion with Alexis Santos, assistant professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State, and David Saunders, director of the Office of Health Equity for the Pennsylvania Department of Health, about different disparities…News Topics: EIC PodcastIncome Inequality
EIC Podcast on the opioid crisis is now available
Sep 2, 2020
The fifth episode of the new Evidence-to-Impact Podcast features a discussion with Glenn Sterner, PhD, assistant professor of criminal justice at Penn State Abington, and Stephen Forzato, deputy chief for tStatewide Drug Initiatives at the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General about reducing the…
EIC Podcast on the chronic crisis of housing
Jul 8, 2020
SSRI has released the fourth episode of the new Evidence-to-Impact Podcast. The fourth episode features a discussion with Bryce Maretzki, director of policy and planning for the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, and Selena Ortiz, assistant professor of health policy and administration and…News Topics: EIC PodcastEIC
EIC Podcast on aging in America
Apr 22, 2020
Penn State's Social Science Research Institute has released the second episode of the new Evidence-to-Impact (EIC) Podcast, focusing on aging in America. The episode features a discussion with Marty Sliwinski, director of the Center for Healthy Aging and professor of Human Development and Family…
New podcast bridges the gap between academia and policymakers
Mar 20, 2020
How can academia and government work together to tackle problems? That’s the question that a new podcast launched by the Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative, a unit of Penn State's Social Science Research Institute, is trying to answer. The podcast, aptly titled the “Evidence-to-Impact Podcast,” …