It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people.

I find it greatly disturbing that the Bush administration has used political and religious ideologies to influence national policy on science and medicine.

All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.

The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.

In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.

It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people.

From day one, I have always been open about my sexual orientation.