What to know about Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s pick for NIH director

Published November 27, 2024 3:17pm ET



President-elect Donald Trump nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health — an agency under the Department of Health and Human Services.

With a $48 billion budget, NIH oversees how grants are distributed for medical research on vaccines, cancer, and other diseases, but the agency also conducts its own research as well.

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