Monica Bertagnolli: Dr. Lyric Jorgenson as the NIH Associate Director for Science Policy and Director of NIH Office of Science Policy

Monica Bertagnolli recently shared on X/Twitter:

“Pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Lyric Jorgenson as the NIH Associate Director for Science Policy and Director of NIH Office of Science Policy. She will provide executive leadership to ensure NIH policies evolve in tandem with rapidly advancing science and technology.”

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Monica Bertagnolli is the Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA. She previously served as the Richard E. Wilson Professor of Surgery in the field of surgical oncology at Harvard Medical School, a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a member of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment and Sarcoma Centers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Bertagnolli is the Founding Chair of the minimal Common Oncology Data Elements (mCODE) executive committee and has held multiple positions nationally, including being Past President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Chair of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. In 2021, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, having previously served on the National Academies National Cancer Policy Forum.