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Community Page Research Advocacy: Why Every Scientist Should Participate Elizabeth Marincola I concern is advocating for biomedical research. Why shouldn’t the work of educating Congress be left in the hands of these advocates? First, because notwithstanding their passion and the merit of the interest they represent, professional advocates n the United States, a generation and more has passed since widespread sustained political must inform important national policy issues such as genetically modi?ed foods, animal research, the teaching of evolution, and stem cell research. Experience has shown that when public debate is not grounded in fact, pseudo- science ?lls the vacuum. Also, while federal support for basic biomedical research is per se uncontroversial and enjoys broad bipartisan support, in a dif?cult economy, when tradeoffs must be made in discretionary spending, there is an urgency to explain and promote the importance of basic To be sure, there are professionals in Washington whose full-time involvement by students in the affairs of the nation, such as the movement to oppose the war in Vietnam. Today’s students and post-doctoral fellows have no ?rst-hand memory of broad, organized efforts to convince the government that represents them to shift its priorities signi?cantly. This has presented a special challenge to ensuring the continued vigor of the biomedical research enterprise. Why should scientists invest precious time to advocate for biomedical research? Today, political involvement by Copyright: ? 2003 Elizabeth Marincola.This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduc- tion in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. research and its contributions to human health. Members of Congress are elected, at least theoretically, for their judgment, their experience, and their principles. No one individual, no matter how compete