Contact Jordan LaPier Director (202) 495-3320 jlapier@ourpublicservice.org What’s behind the US government’s massive spending on temp workers August 21, 2019 In most ways, Christine Happel is doing what she imagined she’d be able to do with a PhD in molecular biology: Working at the National Institutes of Health, helping run a multi-million dollar program aimed at translating research on extracellular RNA into actual treatments for ailments ranging from bone marrow disorders to Alzheimer’s.