Center for Contemporary History and Policy
The Center for Contemporary History and Policy examines contemporary issues in the chemical and molecular sciences and technologies, their industrial linkages, and related policy topics through historical perspective.

Six Major Initiatives
The center manages programmatic initiatives that draw on diverse historical and contemporary source materials to provide knowledge, perspective, and advice to stakeholders from industry, academia, government, and citizen groups.

Major initiatives are under way in these key areas:

		Biotechnology History and Policy
		Electronic Materials
		Environmental History and Policy
		Innovation
		Nanotechnology
		Pharmaceutical History and Policy

Our goal is to become a unique and essential node in the network of institutions and organizations that shape health, environment, risk, and innovation policy by producing a broad perspective on these areas.

Conferences, Research, Oral Histories, and More
The center also hosts conferences and symposia, carries out independent research leading to white papers and peer-reviewed publications, collects oral histories of leading scientists and entrepreneurs, and assists international organizations in preparations for anniversary events.

On an occasional basis, the center provides services to third-party clients that benefit CHF by developing staff competencies and providing revenue that supports the center's program areas. Examples of work the center has done for clients include oral histories and a set of case studies that capture and convey leadership lessons within a global pharmaceutical firm.

For more information about the Center for Contemporary History and Policy and its activities, please contact:
Chi Chan, Program Coordinator for Innovation
Tel.: 215-873-8249
E-mail: cchp@chemheritage.org