What Jay Bhattacharya's Confirmation Hearing Taught Us About Trump's Pick for NIH Director
What to Know About Jay Bhattacharya, Trump's Pick to Lead the NIH
Trump’s NIH pick grilled on research funding cuts and vaccine views in Senate hearing
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Jay Bhattacharya Supports Childhood Vaccinations, Even Measles
WASHINGTON, DC – Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), pledged to prioritize chronic diseases, enhance research integrity, and foster scientific debate during his Senate confirmation hearing.
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NIH director nominee pledges to repair ‘distrust’ in research
Stanford University health policy professor and economist Jay Bhattacharya is poised to become the next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) after testifying before a key US Senate committee on Wednesday.
Guarded N.I.H. Nominee Faces Sharp Questions on Vaccines and Research Cuts
Jay Bhattacharya, a health economist, gained prominence during the Covid pandemic when he argued against lockdowns.
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Bhattacharya demurs on his view on Trump’s slashing of NIH indirect costs
President Trump's nominee to lead the NIH, Jay Bhattacharya, demurred on his view on Trump’s move to slashi NIH indirect cost payments to universities and other instituions.
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‘Wrong,’ ‘misleading,’ and ‘reasonable’: How Jay Bhattacharya became, for some, the least bad option to run NIH
Judges criticized Jay Bhattacharya's expert witness testimony as untrustworthy, but a Stanford colleague described him as a "reasonable person, not an ideologue"
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Trump's nominee for NIH chief talks frozen grants and fostering ‘scientific dissent’
Health economist Jay Bhattacharya, who drew censure for controversial views on COVID-19, vows to provide funding but is short on details.