North America Analysis July 2022

We embrace Summer 2022 with our special July volume of North America Analysis, crammed with excellent editorial and prolific profile content

We hear from Dave Howell, U.S. Department of Energy’s Principal Deputy Director of the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains Office and Director of the Vehicle Technologies Office, who highlights electric vehicle battery research for transportation. Find out here how the DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office is leading the charge on EV battery research.

We also hear from Frank Wolak, President and CEO, of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association, who argues that stationary fuel cells reliably boost industry growth. Hydrogen has a role to play in the decarbonisation of society, he argues.

Further in, Will Wepsala, Public Affairs Specialist at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, walks us through the work of intercepting smuggled products to protect animal health.

Elsewhere, Open Access Government finds out that The National Institute of Mental Health is the lead U.S. federal agency for research on mental illnesses. We discover its mission to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure.

And regular contributor Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe from Frost & Sullivan’s TechCasting Group, describes the impact of teleworking in health, wellness & well-being, beginning with the implications of this in pandemic & post-pandemic scenarios. She also turns the spotlight on healthcare in Canada, focussing on milestones & opportunities triggered by pandemics.

Please do stay with us for many more North America policy insights in the future.