Hear a conversation between members of a longstanding partnership on the interplay of research, practice, and policy in their work together. A panel of research and practice-side partners from ACT for Youth and the New York State Department of Health’s Bureau of Perinatal, Reproductive and Sexual Health will recount how their partnership began, successes and challenges in their work together, and perspectives on how their partnership navigated the unexpected, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

Panel includes:

• Jane Powers, director, ACT for Youth
• Amanda Purington Drake, director of evaluation and research, ACT for Youth
• Eric Zasada, assistant director, Bureau of Perinatal, Reproductive and Sexual Health
• Ann-Margret Foley, director of the Bureau of Perinatal, Reproductive and Sexual Health
• Rae Ann Augliera, associate director, Bureau of Perinatal, Reproductive and Sexual Health