Biden picks cancer surgeon Monica Bertagnolli to be next NIH director

CNN
May 16, 2023

Biden picks cancer surgeon Monica Bertagnolli to be next NIH director


President Joe Biden will nominate Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, who currently leads the National Cancer Institute, to be the next director of the National Institutes of Health, the White House announced on Monday.

Biden called Bertagnolli “a world-class physician-scientist whose vision and leadership will ensure NIH continues to be an engine of innovation to improve the health of the American people,” in a statement Monday.

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