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Jay Bhattacharya
American physician-scientist and health economist (born 1968)
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Jayanta Bhattacharya (born 1968) is an American health economist who has served as the 18th director of the National Institutes of Health since 2025.
Bhattacharya obtained a medical degree and economics degrees, including a PhD, from Stanford University, though he does not practice medicine. Bhattacharya was a professor of medicine, economics, and health research policy at Stanford University until March 2025, when he left his position and became an emeritus professor so that he could start his position at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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🇺🇸 NIH's Jay Bhattacharya will also serve as acting CDC director
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn't had a Senate confirmed director since last summer, and that official was in the job for less tha...
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🇺🇸 NIH chief to become CDC acting directorJay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, has been tapped as acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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