Tony Biglan, Ph.D., on balancing funding with following your true passions

<p><strong>Tony Biglan, Ph.D.,</strong> is a Senior Scientist at Oregon Research Institute and Co-Director of the Promise Neighborhood Research Consortium. For the past thirty years, he has conducted research in the development and prevention of child and adolescent problem behavior. He is a former president of the Society for Prevention Research and was a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Prevention. As a member of Oregon’s Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission, he has helped to develop a strategic plan for implementing comprehensive evidence-based interventions throughout Oregon.</p> <p>Dr. Biglan is the founder of <a href= "https://www.valuestoaction.org/"><em>Values to Action</em></a>, an organization dedicated to evolving more nurturing societies. He has helped to identify effective family, school, and community interventions to prevent the most common and costly problems of childhood and adolescence around the world. Working to advance the reforms called for in his most recent book, <em>Rebooting Capitalism: How We Can Forge a Society That Works for Everyone, </em>Dr. Biglan advocates for the creation of  “Action Circles,” small groups of like-minded people who devote as little as 15 minutes a day to come together to study a problem in an effort to devise a solution.</p> <p><strong>In this episode, you’ll learn…</strong></p> <ul> <li>A powerful lesson about not taking the criticism and advice of others too seriously.</li> <li>About the tensions between administration and scientists and the balance of doing what it takes to gain funding while remaining true to callings and passions.</li> <li>About the groundbreaking work done from the 1970s to the present at Oregon Research Institute in Eugene, OR and the creation of the first behavior change clinic in Oregon.</li> <li>That being politically and socially active and fighting for justice are possible and needed, even while remaining dedicated to science and research work and keeping a good balance, including family and leisure.</li> <li>The importa