Senate confirms Monica Bertagnolli as NIH director
Longtime cancer doctor Monica Bertagnolli is finally heading to the NIH director’s office, after a nearly two-year effort to install a permanent leader atop the $48 billion science agency.
Longtime cancer doctor Monica Bertagnolli is finally heading to the National Institutes of Health director’s office after a nearly two-year effort to install a permanent leader atop the $48 billion science agency.
The Senate voted 62-36 Tuesday to confirm her nomination, giving the White House clearance to officially name Bertagnolli the institute’s director, the second woman ever to fill the role. The move comes nearly two years after veteran NIH director Francis Collins retired, igniting a nationwide search for someone to oversee the campus’ 27 institutes and navigate the increasingly political landscape around the agency’s research.
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