Indian-American scientist Jay Bhattacharya confirmed as National Institutes of Health Director
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Indian-American scientist Jay Bhattacharya confirmed as NIH Director.
Indian-American scientist Jay Bhattacharya has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the country’s top health research and funding institutions.
Dr. Bhattacharya, a professor of Health Policy at Stanford University, was confirmed by a 53-47 vote on Tuesday (March 25, 2025), according to the official website of the U.S. Senate.
U.S. President Donald Trump, then the President-elect, nominated Dr. Bhattacharya as the 18th NIH Director in November last year.
“Dr. Bhattacharya will work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to direct the Nation’s Medical Research and to make important discoveries that will improve Health, and save lives,” Mr. Trump had said.
During his hearing, Dr. Bhattacharya said he understands science and public health have become politicised, and many no longer trust health officials or experts, according to The Hill.
The NIH should support science which is “replicable, reproducible, and generalisable,” Dr. Bhattacharya said. “Unfortunately, much of modern biomedical science fails this basic test,” the news portal quoted him as saying.
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