Senators questioned Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, about proposed NIH cuts to biomedical research, the safety of vaccines, and government transparency during his nomination hearing Wednesday to be the next director of the NIH.
President Donald J. Trump has tapped the Stanford University professor of health policy to lead the NIH.
Bhattacharya told members of the Senate’s Heath, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that as NIH director he would focus on addressing chronic diseases, echoing what HHS Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during his confirmation hearings. Bhattacharya also said