President-elect Trump accomplished his well being crew by choosing Stanford College professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as his subsequent director of the Nationwide Institutes of Well being (NIH).
Trump, within the Tuesday announcement on TruthSocial, mentioned that Bhattacharya will work alongside environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who he tapped earlier this month to move the Division of Well being and Human Providers (HHS), to “direct the Nation’s Medical Research, and to make important discoveries that will improve Health, and save lives.”
NIH has a finances of over $47 billion and oversees scientific trials, backs efforts to develop medication and supplies grants to researchers amongst different capabilities. Bhattacharya would should be confirmed by the Senate. Republicans can be within the majority come subsequent yr.
“Together, Jay and RFK Jr. will restore the NIH to a Gold Standard of Medical Research as they examine the underlying causes of, and solutions to, America’s biggest Health challenges, including our Crisis of Chronic Illness and Disease,” Trump mentioned.
Bhattacharya was one of many three authors of the “Great Barrington Declaration,” an open letter that was co-signed by over 40 medical and public well being practitioners that opposed lockdowns throughout the COVID-19 pandemic within the U.S. and that the nation might get to herd immunity even earlier than the vaccine was developed.
Bhattacharya has 4 levels, together with a medical diploma from Stanford College.
By tapping Bhattacharya to move the NIH, Trump has rounded the entire high well being positions. Beforehand, the president-elect chosen Martin Makary to guide the Meals and Drug Administration, Dr. Mehmed Oz for the Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Providers, Janette Nesheiwat as Surgeon Common and former Rep. David Weldon to guide the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.
Following the Tuesday evening announcement, Bhattacharya mentioned he was “honored and humbled” to get the nod.
“We will reform American scientific institutions so that they are worthy of trust again and will deploy the fruits of excellent science to make America healthy again,” Bhattacharya wrote Tuesday on X.
