A prominent ex-EPA scientist will be kick-starting a new program at Stanford University focused on environmental chemical research and policies under the Trump administration.
“With the unprecedented attacks on science and the environment, I look forward to launching a new initiative to advance science, defend scientific integrity and protect health,” said Tracey Woodruff, who currently directs the University of California, San Francisco, Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment.
She said she will be joining Stanford next month to lead a yet-to-be-named program focused on new approach methods for independent research on pesticides, microplastics and other environmental pollutants.
“We’re looking for opportunities where there’s going to be shifts in the environment to really change the rules to remove bias in the science, put more guardrails around financial conflicts of interest that are embedded in a lot of government agencies and improve the basis of science and so, for sure, that’s something at EPA,” Woodruff said.
