Er­ic Lan­der to re­turn to Broad In­sti­tute, one year af­ter White House ex­it over bul­ly­ing al­le­ga­tions

Er­ic Lan­der is re­turn­ing to the Broad In­sti­tute, the pres­ti­gious ge­nom­ic re­search cen­ter he helped launch and led for 16 years, a year af­ter he re­signed from the White House’s top sci­ence po­si­tion fol­low­ing ac­cu­sa­tions of de­mean­ing and dis­re­spect­ful con­duct to­ward sub­or­di­nates.

Todd Gol­ub, who suc­ceed­ed Lan­der as Broad’s di­rec­tor, an­nounced Lan­der’s re­turn, ear­ly next month, on the in­sti­tute’s in­tranet. Lan­der will al­so re­sume the tenured fac­ul­ty po­si­tions he left be­hind at MIT and Har­vard, Gol­ub added.

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