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President Biden nominated Monica Bertagnolli to head the National Institutes of Health and steer the federal government’s pursuit of cutting-edge medical research. The Wall Street Journal in April first reported the White House’s pick. Monday’s nomination would end a 17-month search to find a scientist to head an agency, with a $47 billion yearly budget, that plays an…
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President Joe Biden announced Monday that he intends to nominate Monica Bertagnolli, who’s currently leading the National Cancer Institute, as the head of the National Institutes of Health. If confirmed by the Senate, Bertagnolli would be the second woman to serve as NIH director since Bernadine Healy in the early 1990s under President George H.W.…
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Monica Bertagnolli, the Boston cancer surgeon President Biden picked on Monday to lead the National Institutes of Health, faces a daunting job at the nation’s premier health research agency: restoring faith in science. Before she gets that chance, she will have to face Republican senators who are deeply skeptical of the NIH following its politicization…
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President Joe Biden will nominate National Cancer Institute head Monica Bertagnolli to lead the full National Institutes of Health, the White House said Monday. If confirmed, Bertagnolli would be only the second woman to lead the science agency as permanent director since the position was created in 1887. Bloomberg News earlier reported that Biden would announce the nomination…
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The Biden administration on Monday said it intends to nominate cancer surgeon Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH) following a 16-month search for a permanent successor to the agency’s long-serving director Dr. Francis Collins, who stepped down in December 2021. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Bertagnolli will become the…
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President Biden announced his intent on Monday to nominate the current director of the National Cancer Institute to lead the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Monica Bertagnolli has been director of the National Cancer Institute, a division of NIH, since October 2022 and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. She previously served…
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President Biden said Monday he will nominate prominent cancer researcher Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to lead the National Institutes of Health, the world’s largest biomedical research agency. She impressed Mr. Biden as the director of the National Cancer Institute and is a patient herself, having announced last year that she was diagnosed with breast cancer. “Dr. Bertagnolli has spent her career pioneering scientific discovery and pushing the…
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President Joe Biden today announced his intention to nominate NCI director Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, FACS, FASCO, as director of the NIH. Bertagnolli — a surgical oncologist — assumed the NCI director role in October, becoming the first woman to serve in that position. If the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirms her nomination, she would…
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President Biden on Monday nominated cancer surgeon Monica M. Bertagnolli to be head of the National Institutes of Health, seeking to fill the leadership role atop the $46 billion health agency that has sat empty for more than a year. “Dr. Bertagnolli has spent her career pioneering scientific discovery and pushing the boundaries of what is possible…
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It’s official: President Joe Biden wants cancer researcher Monica Bertagnolli to be the next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Nearly a month after the media widely reported she was the White House’s choice to succeed Francis Collins as chief of the world’s largest biomedical research agency, Biden today announced Bertagnolli’s nomination, lauding her for…
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