{"617854":{"#nid":"617854","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Aaron Levine Appointed as AAAS Leshner Fellow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAaron Levine, associate professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E, was recently named a 2019-2020\u0026nbsp;American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Alan I. Leshner Leadership Institute Public Engagement Fellow.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlong with nine other scientists and engineers, Levine was chosen\u0026nbsp;for having\u0026nbsp;demonstrated leadership and excellence in his\u0026nbsp;research career\u0026nbsp;as well as an interest in promoting meaningful dialogue between science and society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I hope my efforts will help encourage evidence-based policymaking for ethically contentious new biomedical technologies,\u0026rdquo; Levine says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;incoming AAAS Leshner Fellows will focus on human augmentation, which studies technologies that attempt to temporarily or permanently change the capabilities of the human body. Their work varies widely, from assistive technologies and wearable sensors to tattooing and antibiotics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe AAAS Leshner Fellows will meet in June 2019 at AAAS headquarters in Washington, D.C. for a week of intensive public engagement and science communication training, networking, and public engagement plan development. In the following year, the fellows will use these tools and networks to increase the impact of their engagement activities and their capacity for public engagement leadership. AAAS staff provide ongoing support and continuing professional development throughout their fellowship year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Public Policy is a unit of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ethe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAaron Levine, associate professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E, was recently named a 2019-2020\u0026nbsp;American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Alan I. Leshner Leadership Institute Public Engagement Fellow.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The School of Public Policy associate professor will join nine other researchers to conduct research around human augmentation. "}],"uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-02-14 19:42:16","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"583582":{"id":"583582","type":"image","title":"Aaron Levine","body":null,"created":"1478540612","gmt_created":"2016-11-07 17:43:32","changed":"1567618808","gmt_changed":"2019-09-04 17:40:08","alt":"A portrait photo of Aaron Levine, associate professor in the School of Public Policy","file":{"fid":"222478","name":"LevineWeb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LevineWeb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LevineWeb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":104015,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/LevineWeb.jpg?itok=LTChU-3b"}}},"media_ids":["583582"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9555","name":"aaron levine"},{"id":"3922","name":"diana hicks"},{"id":"1629","name":"AAAS"},{"id":"180536","name":"aaas leshner fellows"},{"id":"180537","name":"human augmnentation"},{"id":"167078","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane - Director of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}