STAT+: Biden to tap head of National Cancer Institute to lead NIH
President Biden will nominate oncologist Monica Bertagnolli, director of the National Cancer Institute, to lead the National Institutes of Health, three people familiar with the White House’s plans told STAT.
President Biden will nominate oncologist Monica Bertagnolli, director of the National Cancer Institute, to lead the National Institutes of Health, three people familiar with the White House’s plans told STAT.
Bertagnolli last fall became the first woman to direct NCI, the largest of the NIH’s 27 departments, amid the president’s efforts to relaunch the Cancer Moonshot with the goal of halving cancer deaths and vastly curbing new cases.
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