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Connecting researchers and legislators can lead to policies that reflect scientific evidence

  • Written by Taylor Scott, Associate Research Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Director of the Research Translation Platform, Penn State
imageLegislators make policy based on the information at hand, which isn't always the latest scientific findings.Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald via Getty Images

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