US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Indian-American scientist Jay Bhattacharya because the director of the Nationwide Institutes of Well being, the nation’s main well being analysis and funding establishment. Bhattacharya is the primary Indian-American nominated by Trump for a senior administrative place.
Earlier, Trump chosen Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy to steer the newly created Division of Authorities Effectivity, together with Tesla proprietor Elon Musk. Nonetheless, it is a voluntary place that doesn’t require US Senate affirmation.
“I’m thrilled to appoint Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, to function Director of the Nationwide Institutes of Well being. Dr. Bhattacharya will work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to direct the Nation’s Medical Analysis and to make necessary discoveries that can enhance Well being, and save lives,” Trump mentioned.
“Collectively, Jay and RFK Jr. will restore the NIH to a Gold Customary of Medical Analysis as they look at the underlying causes of, and options to, America’s largest Well being challenges, together with our Disaster of Continual Sickness and Illness. Collectively, they’ll work exhausting to Make America Wholesome Once more,” he added.
Who Is Jay Bhattacharya
In keeping with PTI studies, Bhattacharya is a professor of Well being Coverage at Stanford College, a analysis affiliate on the Nationwide Bureau of Financial Analysis and a senior fellow on the Stanford Institute for Financial Coverage Analysis, the Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute, and the Hoover Establishment.
He additionally directs Stanford’s Centre for Demography and Economics of Well being and Getting older. His analysis focuses on the well being and well-being of susceptible populations with an emphasis on authorities packages, biomedical innovation and economics. He’s a co-author of the Nice Barrington Declaration, a substitute for lockdowns proposed in October 2020.
