Jayanta Bhattacharya (born 1968) is an American scientist [1] and health economist [2] who has served as the 18th director of the National Institutes of Health since 2025.

Mar 5, 2025 · Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is President Trump’s pick to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which has traditionally been the largest funder of biomedical research in the world.

Apr 18, 2025 · Jayanta "Jay" Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., took the helm as 18 th director of the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s medical research agency, on April 1, 2025. President Trump nominated Dr. Bhattacharya for the position on Nov. 26, 2024, and the U.S. Senate confirmed him on March 25, 2025.

Aug 1, 2025 · Jay Bhattacharya’s tenure as NIH director has seen health disparities research swept up in the Trump administration’s attack on DEI

23 hours ago · NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said the agency is prioritizing AI and real-world data platforms to advance a unified strategy.

Apr 1, 2025 · Stanford professor of medicine Jay Bhattacharya was confirmed to be the next leader of the NIH on Mar. 25.

Jay Bhattacharya is a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research, a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and at the Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute.

Mar 25, 2025 · The Senate on Tuesday confirmed health researcher Jay Bhattacharya as the next leader of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bhattacharya was confirmed on a party- line vote, 53 to 47.

Nov 27, 2024 · US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr Jay Bhattacharya, who opposed COVID-19 lockdowns, to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the primary agency in the United States...

May 18, 2023 · Prior to spring 2020, Jay Bhattacharya was a well-respected but little-known epidemiologist and Stanford Medical School professor. But when the COVID pandemic broke out that March, Dr. Bhattacharya was thrust into a leadership role as coauthor of the groundbreaking Santa Clara Study.