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Francis Collins to Step Down as Director of the NIH
October 07, 2021
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021:

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., today announced his decision to end his tenure as the director of the National Institutes of Health by the end of the year. Dr. Collins is the longest serving presidentially appointed NIH director, having served three U.S. presidents over more than 12 years.

"It has been an inc . . .

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