After six years as senior director of communications at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Judy Fortin has accepted a new position with UCLA Health in Los Angeles as executive director of communications. She will oversee media relations, reputation management, and internal communications.
The Biden administration has left NIH in a weakened state, intensifying politicization of science on Capitol Hill and eroding the bipartisan support the government’s premier biomedical research agency has traditionally enjoyed.
