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Jay Bhattacharya | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Official portrait, 2025 | |
| 18th Director of the National Institutes of Health | |
| Assumed office April 1, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Matthew Memoli |
| Preceded by | Monica Bertagnolli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jayanta Bhattacharya 1968 (age 56–57) Kolkata, India |
| Education | Stanford University (BA, MA, MD, PhD) |
| Known for | COVID-19 views Great Barrington Declaration |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biomedicine, econometrics, health economics |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Thesis | Lifetime returns to specialization in medicine (2000) |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas MaCurdy |
Jayanta Bhattacharya (born 1968) is an American physician-scientist[1] and health economist[2] who has served as the 18th Director of the National Institutes of Health since 2025. Bhattacharya was a professor of medicine, economics, and health research policy at Stanford University until March 2025 when he left his position at Stanford and became an emeritus professor so that he could start his position at the NIH. He was an investigator at Stanford's Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging. His research focused on the economics of health care.[3][4][5] In November 2024, President-elect Donald Trump named Bhattacharya as his choice to lead the National Institutes of Health,[6] and he was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 25, 2025.[7]
Jay Bhattacharya is the first Indian American to lead the National Institutes of Health.[8] Bhattacharya opposed the lockdowns and mask mandates imposed in 2020 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][10] With Martin Kulldorff and Sunetra Gupta, he was a co-author in 2020 of the Great Barrington Declaration.
- ^ Albert, Steven M.; Lewis, Tanya (December 19, 2024). "Trump's Pick for NIH Director Could Harm Science and People's Health". The Scientific American. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
President-elect Donald Trump wants Jay Bhattacharya, a physician-scientist and economist at Stanford University, to lead the National Institutes of Health.
- ^ Stein, Rob (March 5, 2025). "Trump's nominee to run NIH faces Senate scrutiny". NPR. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
- ^ "Profile: Jayanta Bhattacharya". Stanford University.
- ^ "Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD". Stanford Health Policy. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ Jones, Kara (August 11, 2020). "Jay Bhattacharya on Understanding the COVID-19 Virus". Freopp. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
- ^ Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (November 26, 2024). "Trump Picks Stanford Physician Who Opposed Lockdowns to Head N.I.H." The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 27, 2024. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
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- ^ D'Ambrosio, Amanda (October 19, 2020). "Who Are the Scientists Behind the Great Barrington Declaration?". www.medpagetoday.com. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ Maxouris, Christina (July 31, 2021). "As Covid-19 cases surge in Florida, governor says parents should decide whether their children wear masks to school". CNN. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
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