Eli said to be top candidate to run NIH
Francis Collins GRD ’74 is the lead candidate for the top position at the National Institutes of Health, according to a Bloomberg News report.
If selected by President Barack Obama, Collins would be in charge of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the NIH, which is the primary benefactor of the medical research grants that the University receives. About 50 percent of the Yale School of Medicine's budget is research grants and the majority of them come from the NIH, according to Medical School officials.
As head of the NIH, Collins will likely be pressured to allocate...
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By Christopher V.
12:56p.m. on July 9, 2009
Its official
I received a gift copy of Dr. Collins' book on the case for religion and science as co-existent (The Language of God). In addition to providing me with a basic knowledge of black hole and string theories, Dr. Collins argues his point persuasively. With his background as head of the Human Genome Project, Dr. Collins would bring cutting edge science to NIH. And he need not worry about "the shrillies"!