Bay Area medical school professor resigns from leading role in Trump administration after right-wing conspiracy theorist calls him ‘leftist saboteur’
- Posted on August 3, 2025
- By The Mercury News
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Bay Area medical school professor resigns from leading role in Trump administration after right-wing conspiracy theorist calls him ‘leftist saboteur’

Vinay Prasad, a professor who until earlier this year headed a cancer-drugs and health-policy lab at UC San Francisco, resigned from the FDA on Tuesday.