Eric Lander (Matt Slocum/AP Images)
Eric Lander 'bullied and demeaned' staff at White House science office — investigation
A recent White House investigation concluded that Eric Lander, President Biden’s top science advisor, bullied and demeaned his subordinates, Politico reported.
The news dropped just hours after Politico reported that Lander, the famed but often controversial geneticist who served as founding director of the Broad Institute before getting tapped to lead the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, emailed all his staff to apologize for speaking to colleagues in a “disrespectful and demeaning way.”
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