President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Eric Lander to head the Office of Science and Technology Policy, filling a post left vacant by President Trump for 18 months. The position will also be elevated to the cabinet level for the first time.
Biden chooses Jewish geneticist Eric Lander to lead Cabinet-level science office
Biden is elevating the position of science adviser to Cabinet level, a White House first, and said that Eric Lander is “one of the most brilliant guys I know.”
President-elect Joe Biden announced key members of his science team Friday, including pioneering geneticist Dr. Eric Lander as the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, elevating the post to Cabinet-level status for first time.
President-elect Joe Biden announced key members of his science team Friday, including pioneering geneticist Dr. Eric Lander as the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, elevating the post to Cabinet-level status for the first time.
President-elect Joe Biden announced key members of his science team Friday, including pioneering geneticist Eric Lander as the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, elevating the post to Cabinet-level status for first time.
President-elect Joe Biden announced key members of his science team Friday, including pioneering geneticist Eric Lander as the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, elevating the post to Cabinet-level status for first time.
President-elect Joe Biden announced key members of his science team Friday, including pioneering geneticist Eric Lander as the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, elevating the post to Cabinet-level status for first time.
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Biden taps Eric Lander and Maria Zuber for senior science posts: Lander to take a leave of absence to assume Cabinet-level post; Zuber to co-chair presidential advisory council.
@JoeBiden has one final Cabinet-level pick to announce: Dr. Eric Lander to serve as his top science adviser and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. It'll be Cabinet-level for the first time
This is a big deal: @JoeBiden announces his science advisor & OSTP head, geneticist Eric Lander. The bigger news - this will now be a cabinet-level position for the first time. Huge contrast w/ Trump, who waited 19 months to name one.
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