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Beyond the bench: Lyric Jorgensen’s path from neuroscientist to director of science policy at NIH

In this interview, Sarah Ruttenberg of the GSA Early Career Scientist Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee talked with Dr. Lyric Jorgenson, the director of science policy for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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