Francis Sellers Collins ForMemRS (born April 14, 1950) is an American physician-geneticist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He is the former director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland , from 17 August 2009 to 19 December 2021, serving under three ...
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May 15, 2023 · Francis Collins, in full Francis Sellers Collins, (born April 14, 1950, Staunton, Virginia, U.S.), 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, a public research consortium in the Human ...
Oct 5, 2021 · Sarah Silbiger/Pool/AFP via Getty Images. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, the largest funder of basic and clinical biomedical research in the world, says he will ...
Feb 17, 2022 · Francis Collins, a former N.I.H. director, will fill in as a science adviser to Biden. Dr. Collins will temporarily serve in one of the two roles previously held by Eric S. Lander, who resigned ...
Dec 6, 2022 · A Farewell to Dr. Francis Collins. 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 ...
Dec 7, 2021 · As he prepares to leave his post of 12 years, Francis Collins reflects on the agency's biomedical advances, the dangers of polarizing medicine and the huge health gaps that still exist in the U.S.
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