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Jennifer Troyer

Jennifer Troyer

Genomics scientist and current Director of Global Genomics at Genetic Alliance; former Director of the Division of Extramural Operations at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), where she spent 12+ years leading research funding and policy for genomics and global health initiatives.

Jun 1, 2026

29:22
And what happened when Trump was reelected?
29:28
A lot happened.
29:29
I was there, so I'll start.
29:33
I left the NIH because of everything that happened and now I'm advocating for it.
29:39
I think Jeremy came back to NIH in a way after everything that happened because he has the institutional knowledge of the way it worked before and then has been a strong advocate for challenging some of the changes that have been made that have been made again for decades very political reasons.
30:00
And so, you know, there was a lot that happened.
30:06
And a huge part of it has to do with again, history and this administration's sort of sense of how things went before and seeing science and scientists as something of the enemy.

26 MINS LATER

56:52
yeah so um

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