State of the Station brings another episode State of The Science

State of the Station

Continued: State of the Science

“How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Scientific Programs.”

On Tuesday November 17 from 1 to 2 p.m., WCOM 103.5 FM State of the Science is back to keep you updated on what is going on in the world of science policy and science funding. This week’s program is entitled “How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Scientific Programs.”  It is vitally important (and in fact required by the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018) to understand the extent to which federal scientific programs are achieving their objectives.  We will discuss what program evaluation is, how NIH and other HHS agencies approach evaluation, and, perhaps most importantly, how the federal program evaluation environment has changed since January of 2025.   

In the Chapel Hill and Carrboro area, you can listen at 103.5 FM and hear the program live worldwide at https://wcomfm.org/listen-live/.  

Our panelists will include: 

Susan Jenkins, Ph.D. (Executive Advisor for Evidence Oracle, LLC and former Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) 

Marina Volkov, Ph.D. (Former Director of the Office of Evaluation, Performance, and Reporting, National Institutes of Health) 

Robin Wagner, Ph.D. (Former Director, Office of Program Evaluation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health) 

Larry Solomon, Ph.D. (Former Senior Scientific Program Manager at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health) 

Jennifer Troyer, Ph.D. (program host and Senior Advisor and Advocacy Lead, 27 UNIHTED and Director of Global Genomics at Genetic Alliance) 

Hope you can join us!