“National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, who headed the government’s effort to map the entire human genetic code and two decades later became one of the most recognizable leaders in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, will leave his post by the end of this year, NIH will announce Tuesday.”
“After more than 12 years directing the nation’s premier biomedical research center, Collins, a 71-year-old physician-geneticist, will return to his lab at the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of NIH. He is the longest-tenured director of the Bethesda, Md.,-based NIH, which he ran through the Obama and Trump administrations and into the first year of the Biden presidency.”
“No decision has been made on an interim director, an NIH official said. In the midst of the pandemic, Biden will nominate a new director who must be confirmed by the evenly divided Senate…” Read the full article here.
Source: NIH Director Francis S. Collins will step down by year’s end – By Lenny Bernstein and Carolyn Y. Johnson, October 4, 2021. Washington Post.
