After two years of controversy and turmoil, President Biden’s federal science agenda finally may be getting back on track.

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation just voted to advance the confirmation of Dr. , the nominee to fill Biden’s only empty cabinet position — director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and chief adviser for science and technology. Prabhakar will take the reins of an office that was supposed to lead the Biden administration’s effort to reinvigorate federal science policy after a fractious Donald Trump presidency and a global pandemic, but instead has been roiled by controversy. 

Extensive public and private sector experience and impeccable technical credentials position Prabhakar to bring order to the agency and salvage the president’s floundering science and technology agenda.

Read the full article on The Hill.