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Jay Bhattacharya takes office as the Director of NIH: All you need to know about the Indian-American professor
Jayanta 'Jay' Bhattacharya has been appointed as the 18th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Nominated by President Trump and confirmed by the Senate, Bhattacharya aims to focus on ...
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Why a small journal’s ‘blueprint for NIH’ may offer clues to the agency’s future
A paper proposing NIH reforms is circulating in academic circles and within the agency as scientists search for hints of its ...
Will Jay Bhattacharya Get Gain-of-Function Research Under Control?
In a party-line vote last evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed Stanford professor and medical researcher Jay Bhattacharya as director of the National ...
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Jay Bhattacharya begins tenure as 18th director of the National Institutes of Health
Jay Bhattacharya begins tenure as 18th director of the National Institutes of Health: Bethesda, Maryland Thursday, April 3, 2025, 13:00 Hrs [IST] Jayanta “Jay” Bhattacharya, M ...
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New NIH director seeks to use ‘gold standard science’ to win back trust in health
To remedy this, he called for the NIH to create incentives to make people healthier to prevent illness from happening. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, President Donald Trump’s choice to be Director of the ...
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NIH Resumes Key Grant Review Panels
After a months-long pause, advisory councils for the National Institutes of Health are restarting, paving the way for the final approval of grants. Experts say it’s an encouraging sign for the ...
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year ...