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Francis Sellers Collins ForMemRS (born April 14, 1950) is an American physician-scientist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He served as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, from 17 August 2009 to 19 December 2021, serving under three presidents ...
Aug 31, 2024 · Francis Collins, American geneticist who discovered genes causing genetic diseases and who was director (2009–21) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). He had previously served as head (1993–2008) of the NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute.
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The resistance of more than 50 million Americans to take advantage of life saving safe and effective vaccines. That is so heartbreaking. Estimates are more than 100,000 people have died because of misinformation. It’s just shocking to contemplate; 100,000 deaths based on rumors, conspiracies, trust polarization, the way in which we’ve all slipped i...
No that’s Dr. Robert Malone and, yes, he has now said it’s dangerous. But coming back to those people in the pews on Sunday morning, I’m not blaming them. I just am heartbroken that they have been somehow brought into this place of distrust, denial of factual information, called upon to do so in many instances by these tribal alliances which are dr...
I don’t like to do that because then I’m practicing some of the same behaviors that I’m decrying here, but I do think elected public officials have a responsibility when they’re putting out information to know whether it’s true or not. You almost feel like sometimes political parties want the public health efforts to fail if they’re being produced ...
I don’t know if you can say anybody has absolutely nailed it. We all like to look at New Zealand and how effective they were in their time, but I think what we are now learning with Omicron is the idea that you could actually keep this virus out is really hard. I certainly wouldn’t say the United States can claim that.
A lot of plans have already been put in place, although the budget to support them is not as solid as I wish it was. We can make a pretty good guess about which virus is likely to be the next culprit. We should start now to have the early steps of vaccine development, therapeutic development, and diagnostic development already done. We hope we won’...
Dec 6, 2022 · Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., is stepping down as NIH director on December 19, 2021, after more than 12 years at the helm. A physician-geneticist, Dr. Collins took office as the 16th NIH director on August 17, 2009, after being appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. In 2017, he was asked to continue in his role ...
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., is the former director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). As the longest serving director of NIH — spanning 12 years and three presidencies — he oversaw the work of the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world, from basic to clinical research.
Apr 14, 2024 · NPR's Scott Detrow spoke with the former director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, about his recent prostate cancer diagnosis.
Feb 28, 2024 · Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. was appointed the 16th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate. He was sworn in on August 17, 2009. In 2017, President Donald Trump asked Dr. Collins to continue to serve as the NIH Director.
