A scientist by training, Karen L. Jones followed her passion for sharing her research with others to become a neuroscience advocate and is now working toward a career in science policy, as the inaugural Trudy Schafer Advocacy Fellow at the League of Women Voters of California. Read her advice for getting started in advocacy as well as why she believes all scientists should advocate, how your scientific background can inform conversations, and policy career opportunities for scientists.
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Karen L. Jones, PhD
Karen L. Jones is the inaugural Trudy Schafer Advocacy Fellow at the League of Women Voters of California. She was previously a legislative intern in the Office of California Senator Richard Pan, District 6. She earned her PhD in neuroscience from the University of Missouri-Columbia and was a postdoctoral research scholar at the University of California, Davis, where she participated in consortiums on science, clinical practice, and policy issues related to autism and was awarded the UC Davis Internal Medicine Trainee Research Award in 2016 and 2017.
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