{"id":209065,"date":"2025-03-18T13:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/dr-catharine-young-ph-d-science-policy-and-advocacy-for-impactful-health-ecosystems"},"modified":"2025-03-18T13:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:41:16","slug":"dr-catharine-young-ph-d-science-policy-and-advocacy-for-impactful-health-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/dr-catharine-young-ph-d-science-policy-and-advocacy-for-impactful-health-ecosystems","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Catharine Young, Ph.D. \u2014 Science, Policy And Advocacy For Impactful Health Ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TbTDis0IkRU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Science, Policy And Advocacy For Impactful And Sustainable Health Ecosystems \u2014 Dr. Catharine Young, Ph.D. \u2014 fmr. Assistant Director of Cancer Moonshot Policy and International Engagement, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Dr. Catharine Young, Ph.D. recently served as Assistant Director of Cancer Moonshot Policy and International Engagement at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/ostp\/\">https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/ostp\/<\/a>) where she served at OSTP to advance the Cancer Moonshot (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/research\/key-i\">https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/research\/key-i<\/a>\u2026 with a mission to decrease the number of cancer deaths by 50% over the next 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Young\u2019s varied career has spanned a variety of sectors including academia, non-profit, biotech, and foreign government, all with a focus on advancing science.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Young previously served as Executive Director of the SHEPHERD Foundation, where she championed rare cancer research and drove critical policy changes. Her work has also included fostering interdisciplinary collaborations and advancing the use of AI, data sharing, and clinical trial reform to accelerate cancer breakthroughs.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Young\u2019s leadership in diplomacy and innovation includes roles such as Senior Director of Science Policy at the Biden Cancer Initiative and Senior Science and Innovation Policy Advisor at the British Embassy, where she facilitated international agreements to enhance research collaborations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/dr-catharine-young-ph-d-science-policy-and-advocacy-for-impactful-health-ecosystems\">Continue reading \u201cDr. Catharine Young, Ph.D. \u2014 Science, Policy And Advocacy For Impactful Health Ecosystems\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science, Policy And Advocacy For Impactful And Sustainable Health Ecosystems \u2014 Dr. Catharine Young, Ph.D. \u2014 fmr. Assistant Director of Cancer Moonshot Policy and International Engagement, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Dr. Catharine Young, Ph.D. recently served as Assistant Director of Cancer Moonshot Policy and International Engagement at the White House [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":400,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,1490,1495,31,6,224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics","category-government","category-health","category-policy","category-robotics-ai","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}