Articles Containing “Alan Leshner” — 38 result(s)

Bringing Science to Society

Scientific advances seem to be emerging faster than ever before. Today, we can see brain functioning with neuroimaging, and we can measure attitudes that people are not even aware of with implicit association tests. With

NIDA Creates New Research Network

Behavioral research in drug abuse treatment is moving into what promises to be an exciting new era. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is creating a clinical trials network that will combine science, practice

Summit 98

When representatives from more than 90 of the world’s leading behavioral science organizations convene a few years before the new millennium, you can expect talk to center around the future. What you may not expect

Shut Down, Frozen Out

For the three weeks the federal government was shut down this December and January, the building housing the National Science Foundation (NSF) had little heat and light. “We did have it in the offices where