Agency Alphabet
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
The sector the NIH primarily funds.
What is Biomedical Research?
The acronym for this club stands for what?
What is the Interface of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Policy
The UN Initiative for sustainability over the next 5 years
What is the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
This state was the first to pass a law requiring seat belts in 1984.
What is New York
This agency has purview over air, water, and power regulation.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What is World War II
The first event that INSTEP will hold this semester.
What is "From Bench to Bill"
?
This US program created in 1965 provides health insurance for people over the age of 65
What is Medicare
Heard every time you're on a plane, this agency is responsible for regulating aircraft across the US
What is the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
The Act passed in 2022 to bolster US semiconductor manufacturing.
What is the CHIPS (Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors) And Science Act?
True or False: INSTEP only focuses on FDA-related policy
False!
The country that spends the highest share of its GDP on healthcare.
The US (16.7%)
This brain imaging technique, mostly used in research, is now in policy debates over its use for lie detection in court.
AI systems that are currently unregulated that can autonomously perform tasks with minimal human oversight.
What is Agentic AI?
What is Biomedical Engineering.
Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)
A small department within the executive branch, this office garners industry and governmental support for initiatives from AI regulation to homeland security
What is the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
45, 21, 42, 29, 10, 14, 23, 30, 32, 37, 47, 49, 50
The artist that Andrew bought fake tickets to.
Who is Alicia Keys.
The goal of the Paris Climate Agreement.
What is limiting global warming to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels