Some Utah researchers and doctors are rattled and concerned by President Donald Trump’s decision to place on his science advisory board a University of Utah associate professor who has testified about a controversial and largely disputed theory used by conservatives to argue against abortions.
“This is a woman who has scientific credentials, but she uses those credentials against science,” said Alexandra Eller, a maternal-fetal medicine physician at Intermountain Healthcare. “I think that’s dangerous.”
Trump announced his pick of Maureen Condic for the National Science Board earlier this month. The U. touted the position as a “distinct and rare honor” for the scientist who specializes in neurobiology and spinal cord repair.