Elizabeth Long

Elizabeth Long is an Assistant Research Professor in the College of Health and Human Development at The Pennsylvania State University and serves as Director of Research and Evaluation for the Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC). She leads quantitative evaluations of the RPC's impact and develops strategies to improve research dissemination among policymakers, with a focus on bridging substance use research and policy.

Her research spans substance use etiology, legislative staff survey methodologies, and analysis of research utilization in legislation through deductive bill coding. She has published best practices for engaging legislative staff and examines how personal narratives influence policymaker attention.

Current projects include:

• Experimental Study of a Model to Support Research in State-Level Legislation for Child Protection
• Evaluation of Family Impact Seminars
• Building Evidence-Informed Prevention Policy Science with State Legislatures
• Impact Testing of Research-to-Collaboration Models
• Legislative Frameworks for Measuring Research Use
• Strategies to Reduce COVID-19-Precipitated Inequalities