Monica Bertagnolli

Monica Bertagnolli, the Director of the NIH and former head of the National Cancer Institute, shares her remarkable journey from a Wyoming cattle ranch to leading medical research. She discusses the critical role of federal funding in advancing innovations like mRNA vaccines and CRISPR. Bertagnolli highlights the need for more community engagement in clinical trials and confronts the challenges of self-censorship in healthcare decision-making. With personal narratives interwoven, she emphasizes the importance of transparency and patient involvement in improving cancer care.