Dr. Jeremy M. Berg: The Best of Times-The Worst of Times

Our Program: Since World War II, The United States has enjoyed an enviable international leadership position in science driven by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health and the potential for science to address key societal challenges is profound.
However, the first year of the current administration has been tremendously
damaging to the American scientific enterprise with unprecedented grant delays, terminations, "realignment with agency priorities", staff terminations, and more.
The traditional scientific establishment has largely complied in advance, cowered in fear, or worked “behind the scenes”, but some groups and individuals have stepped up with more activist approaches.
Members of the public, who depend on advances made by science for health and economic prosperity, must be engaged to understand what is happening and to speak out.

Our Speaker: Dr. Jeremy M. Berg
• Professor of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH 2003-2011
• Editor-in-Chief, Science Magazine 2016-2019

Open to the public and to all who care about scientific research. This event is co-sponsored by the Freethought Society and the Humanist Society of Santa Barbara.