JUST IN: President Joe Biden's top science adviser, former Broad Institute Director Eric Lander, resigned Monday, hours after the White House confirmed that an internal investigation found credible evidence that he mistreated his staff.
Dr. Eric Lander standing outside the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, which he led before joining President Biden's administration. A White House review found credible evidence that Lander violated its"Safe and Respectful Workplace Policy."
But later Monday evening, press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden had accepted Lander’s resignation with “gratitude for his work at OTSP on the pandemic, the Cancer Moonshot, climate change, and other key priorities.” “Following the conclusion of the thorough investigation into these actions, senior White House officials conveyed directly to Dr. Lander that his behavior was inappropriate, and the corrective actions that were needed, which the White House will monitor for compliance moving forward,” she said.
Lander on Friday issued an apology to staffers in his office, acknowledging “I have spoken to colleagues within OSTP in a disrespectful or demeaning way.” In a statement Monday, the American Association for the Advancement of Science said Lander would no longer be invited to speak at its meeting next week, saying he was not conducting himself in a"manner befitting a scientist or scientific leader — much less a cabinet-level leader in the administration.'
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