President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Jay Bhattacharya will serve as director of the National Institutes of Health during his second term in the White House.
Bhattacharyya, a Stanford University professor and vocal critic of pandemic-era lockdowns, will be tasked with leading the federal government's medical research efforts and will work “in collaboration” with incoming Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the president-elect, said.
“Jay co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration, an alternative to the shutdowns proposed in October 2020,” Trump noted in his announcement.
“Together, Jay and RFK Jr. will work to return NIH to the gold standard of medical research as they study the underlying causes and solutions to America’s greatest health challenges,” the 45th president added.
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