Heather Pierce
PersonHeard in 1 episode across 1 show since Oct 2026
Heather Pierce is a senior director of science policy at the Association of American Medical Colleges. She works at the intersection of science, health, law, and public policy, with a focus on issues affecting medical research and academic medicine.
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| Month | Episodes |
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| Nov 2025 | 0 |
| Dec 2025 | 0 |
| Jan 2026 | 0 |
| Feb 2026 | 0 |
| Mar 2026 | 0 |
| Apr 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| Jun 2026 | 0 |
| Jul 2026 | 0 |
| Aug 2026 | 0 |
| Sep 2026 | 0 |
| Oct 2026 | 1 |
What Heather Pierce has said on podcasts
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Biomedical PhD offers and enrollment were lower in 2025 than in 2024.
“the offers that went out to PhD students and the number of people who started new PhD programs in biomedical research in 2025 was lower than in 2024.”
Open the episode · 416: NIH funding uncertainty thwarts U.S. researchersListen at 21:55
Unpredictable federal research funding destabilizes the entire scientific enterprise.
“If something is unpredictable, unstable, then every aspect of that scientific enterprise is shaken.”
Open the episode · 416: NIH funding uncertainty thwarts U.S. researchersListen at 23:55
Changes to NIH grant awards have weakened trust in merit-based scientific funding.
“that trust has been shaken the way that grants are awarded from a science-driven merit-based research to something that some perceive as being much more political.”
Open the episode · 416: NIH funding uncertainty thwarts U.S. researchersListen at 24:53
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1 episode featuring Heather Pierce, newest first
