
Jay Bhattacharya
@drjbhattacharya
Professor Stanford School of Medicine. MD, PhD. Health policy: infectious diseases, covid, health economics. Scientific freedom. NIH Director nominee.
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16-08-2021 20:09:47
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Honored to take this photo of Jay Bhattacharya on his last day in his office as a professor at Stanford University, where he has been affiliated since 1986, before going emeritus upon Senate confirmation to become the next Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)! Congrats Jay!


Congratulations to Jay Bhattacharya as he begins his tenure as the 18th NIH Director! A renowned doctor, researcher, & health economist, Dr. Bhattacharya held a tenured professorship at Stanford Medicine. go.nih.gov/PjXccH1


I’m proud to welcome Dr. Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, as the new head of FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research. With 500+ peer-reviewed publications and two books, Dr. Prasad brings the kind of scientific rigor, independence, and transparency we need at CBER—a significant


Two weeks ago, I ordered all work to halt at a high biosecurity risk @nih lab located in Frederick, MD. I did this because of a serious incident involving biosafety that had occurred in early March, but which did not cross my desk until weeks later. 🧵1/5 foxnews.com/politics/hhs-h…

In 2022, the NIH terminated a subaward to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. American taxpayers had for years been sending money there to fund dangerous gain of function research. Wuhan refused to turn over lab notebooks that the NIH demanded. 🧵1/5 thebulletin.org/2022/08/nih-to…




Today President Donald J. Trump directed federal agencies to incorporate Gold Standard Science in their new and existing programs and policies. This is an important first step in rebuilding the American people’s trust in the national science enterprise.
