The NIH Director
The NIH Director
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., NIH Director
What’s New
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June 13, 2013
Statement by NIH Director Francis Collins on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Gene Patenting (New)
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16-year-old inventor Jack Andraka talks to Dr. Collins about Open Access enabling his cancer diagnostic breakthrough in this Right to Research Coalition Video.
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May 17, 2013
NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins appears on Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss the long-term negative effects the sequester will have on biomedical research.
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May 15, 2013
Fiscal Year 2014 Testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Labor–HHS–Education Appropriations, Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
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May 10, 2013
NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, NIMH Director Dr. Thomas Insel, and NINDS Director Dr. Story Landis author an article in Science: The NIH BRAIN Initiative.
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April 30, 2013
NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins discusses sequestration and biomedical research on APM’s Marketplace.
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April 23, 2013
SciTM publishes Network News: Powering Clinical Research, co-authored by NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins.
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April 5, 2013
NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins is ABC World News’ Person of the Week.
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April 5, 2013
NIH Director Francis Collins describes the new research plan for the BRAIN Initiative on NPR’s Science Friday
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April 4, 2013
NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins discusses BRAIN with Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report.
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April 3, 2013
NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins is a guest on the Diane Rehm Show.
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April 2, 2013
NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins welcomes the President’s bold new Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.
- Watch the Video: On
The Clock: The BRAIN Initiative (Whitehouse.gov)
- Read the Transcript: Transcript of NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins’ Videotaped Remarks On the BRAIN Initiative
- Video of Remarks by NIH Director Collins and the President
- Video of Open for Questions with NIH Director Francis Collins (Whitehouse.gov)
- Watch the Video: On
The Clock: The BRAIN Initiative (Whitehouse.gov)
June 11, 2013
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About the NIH Director
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., was officially sworn in on Monday, August 17, 2009 as the 16th director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Collins was nominated by President Barack Obama on July 8, and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 7.
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