Chief science advisers and why they matter

Good science advice is not about trying to make everyone think like a scientist. Rather, it's about maintaining a trusted, ongoing, and open dialogue with the wider public and the polity.

Mona Nemer, Canada’s chief science adviser, took part in a panel of five female chief science advisers in Ottawa earlier this month, writes Paul Dufour.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PAUL DUFOUR

June 13, 2024

OTTAWA—Arati Prabhakar, the U.S. president’s chief adviser for science and technology, recently told Wired that "scientists want to explain more, but they should be humble ... In year two of the pandemic, people kept saying that the guidance keeps changing, and...

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