Jay Bhattacharya emerges as Trump’s top choice to lead NIH: Report

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After a slew of picks late last night by President-elect Donald Trump, there are only a few remaining Cabinet positions to fill, including who will be the head of the National Institutes of Health — and one candidate has risen to the top of that list.

According to a Washington Post report, Stanford University physician and economist Jay Bhattacharya is the top candidate for the high-level position in an agency that oversees biomedical research in the United States.

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