{"id":3377,"date":"2026-07-31T14:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3377"},"modified":"2026-07-31T14:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:34:15","slug":"margaret-kuklinski-elected-to-washington-state-academy-of-sciences","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/news\/margaret-kuklinski-elected-to-washington-state-academy-of-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Kuklinski Elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) is a nonprofit organization established by the Washington State Legislature in 2005 to advise state policymakers on public policy issues involving science and technology. WSAS members are nationally recognized for their \u201coutstanding record of scientific and technical achievement and willingness to assist the Academy in providing the best available scientific information and technical understanding to inform complex policy decisions in Washington.\u201d New members are elected by current WSAS members or by their election to national science academies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Margaret was recognized \u201cfor contributions to the economic assessment of prevention programs addressing substance abuse and mental health, and for advancing community-engaged research, and effective communication of findings to different audiences.\u201d She is a social work endowed\u00a0professor,\u00a0and her\u00a0expertise\u00a0is at the intersection of prevention science and health economics. Her work promotes positive outcomes in young people and families through research, dissemination, and implementation of effective community-based and family-focused preventive interventions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please see this story for more information:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/socialwork.uw.edu\/news\/margaret-kuklinski-and-tessa-evans-campbell-elected-to-washington-state-academy-of-sciences\">https:\/\/socialwork.uw.edu\/news\/margaret-kuklinski-and-tessa-evans-campbell-elected-to-washington-state-academy-of-sciences<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) is a nonprofit organization established by the Washington State Legislature in 2005 to advise state policymakers on public policy issues involving science and technology. WSAS members are nationally recognized for their \u201coutstanding record of scientific and technical achievement and willingness to assist the Academy in providing the best&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/news\/margaret-kuklinski-elected-to-washington-state-academy-of-sciences\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3359,"template":"","class_list":["post-3377","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/sdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}