Whenever scientists get around to hunting for the Boy Scout gene, they should start with the genome of Francis Collins. President Obama’s nominee for director of the National Institutes of ...

Obama Nominates Francis Collins To Be NIH Head : The Two-Way Dr. Francis Collins, the famed geneticist who headed the Human Genome Project which mapped all the genes that make humans, ...

President Obama has chosen Dr. Francis Collins to head the National Institutes of Health. Collins helped unravel the human genetic code. He's also known for finding common ground between a belief ...

Francis Collins on Obama, dealing with Congress, and his one regret. By Sheila Kaplan and Dylan Scott Dec. 16, 2016. Reprints. Francis Collins in his office at the National Institutes of Health.

President Obama has picked a physician and geneticist best known for his work on the Human Genome Project to lead the National Institutes of Health, NPR has learned. Francis Collins led the ...

Today’s topic: Some have made the argument that President Obama’s nomination of Francis Collins, a born-again Christian geneticist, to head the National Institutes of Health is a disservice to ...

President Obama's appointment of Francis Collins to run the National Institutes of Health is significant as a culture war statement. A devout Christian, Collins is one of the foremost advocates ...

Dr. Collins, 71, was appointed in 2009 by President Barack Obama after more than a decade leading the National Human Genome Research Institute, which is part of the N.I.H.

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins plans to step down by the end of the year after nearly three decades at the agency, including 12 years at the helm, the agency announced Tuesday.

President Obama will nominate famed geneticist Francis Collins to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the White House announced Wednesday.

Francis Collins has served longer than any other director of the National Institutes of Health since 1971. ... He was picked by Obama to head NIH in 2009.

Francis Collins took over the National Institutes of Health in 2009 during the Obama administration and was asked to remain in the post by Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Graeme Jennings ...