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“Real Policymaking Involves a Lot of Other Things Besides Pure Technical Analysis.”

Jay Lloyd — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Economist Ben S. Bernanke served as chair of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014, was one of three recipients of the Nobel Prize in economic sciences in 2022, and is currently… Read More

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“Science and Technology Now Sit in the Center of Every Policy and Social Issue”

Issues — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0000

In January 2021, President Biden appointed sociologist Alondra Nelson, a leading scholar of science, technology, medicine, and social inequality, to be the first deputy director for science and society in the… Read More

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“We Really Should Be Talking About an Ethics of Policymaking, Not Just the Bare-Knuckle Politics of Policymaking.”

Jay Lloyd — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Illustration by Shonagh Rae

From stem cells and cloning, to CRISPR and chimeras, lawyer and bioethicist R. Alta Charo has been a key player in informing policymakers and the public on the… Read More

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“Talent and Ideas Are Democratized in the Sense That They Are Everywhere”

Jay Lloyd — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000

National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan took the helm of the agency last summer in the midst of the pandemic, leaving behind his position as executive vice president of the Arizona State … Read More

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“You Have to Begin by Imagining the Worst”

Issues — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Janet Napolitano has held many distinguished leadership positions, most recently as the president of the University of California and before that as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and as … Read More

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“We Don’t Know What This Is Yet”

Jay Lloyd — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000

At Issues in Science and Technology we frequently speak with scientists and people doing public policy, but as the pandemic enters its seventh month, we wanted the perspective of someone in industry. … Read More

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“This Is Everybody’s Issue”

Jay Lloyd — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0000

The editor of Issues in Science and Technology, William Kearney, recently discussed the coronavirus pandemic with National Academy of Medicine President Victor Dzau and immediate past NAM Foreign Secretary Margaret “Peggy” … Read More

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“A Viable Path Toward Responsible Use”

Issues — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Jennifer Doudna, a professor of chemistry and molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and codiscoverer of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology, served on the organizing committee of the… Read More

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