NIH: “Francis Collins will stay on as director of the National Institutes of Health, the White House said Tuesday [6-6-17].
Dr. Collins, a noted geneticist who once headed the government’s Human Genome project and served previously as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, is 67 years old.
He had previously been a professor of internal medicine and human genetics at the University of Michigan, where he worked with collaborators and helped identify genes involved in maladies such as cystic fibrosis and Huntington’s disease. President Barack Obama nominated Dr. Collins to be NIH director in July 2009, and he was unanimously confirmed by the Senate.”
-Thomas M. Burton, “Francis Collins to Stay On as Director of National Institutes of Health,” The Wall Street Journal online, June 6, 2017 07:02pm