After a nationwide search, Dr. Jessica Tucker has been appointed as the Deputy Director of the NIH Office of Science Policy (OSP), a position she has occupied in an acting capacity since April 2021.

Dr. Tucker is a renowned science policy expert, and has previously served in various leadership roles across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Prior to her acting leadership role, she held roles as the Director of OSP’s Division of Biosafety, Biosecurity, and Emerging Biotechnology Policy and Program Director at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at NIH where she managed a program on gene and drug delivery systems and on synthetic biology. Before her time at NIH, she worked at the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University within the Department of Technology and Society, where she conducted engineering education research and lectured within the Department of Chemical and Molecular Engineering.

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