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NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins to Step Down

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces his intention to step down on August 1 to explore writing projects and other professional opportunities. Dr. Collins, 58, a physician-geneticist, who has served as NHGRI's director since April 1993, led the Human Genome Project and has initiated a wide range of research projects that build upon the foundation laid by the sequencing of the human genetic blueprint.

Until a permanent replacement is named, NHGRI Deputy Director Alan Guttmacher, M.D., a highly regarded pediatric geneticist, will serve as the institute's acting director. (more)

  • Dr. Francis S. Collins' Opening Remarks PDF file

  • Dr. Alan E. Guttmacher's Opening Remarks PDF file

  • A Statement from the NIH Director, Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., on the Change in Leadership for the National Human Genome Research Institute [nih.gov]

  • Statement by Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services

    • sound file Press Briefing
    [MP3 - 32 MB TranscriptPDF file]



    Highlights

    bullet April 29: Scientists Form International Cancer Genome Consortium
    Research organizations from around the world announce they are launching the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC), a collaboration designed to generate high-quality genomic data on up to 50 types of cancer through efforts projected to take up to a decade.

    bullet April 28: Research Findings Open New Front in Fight against AIDS Virus
    A research group supported by the National Institutes of Health has uncovered a new route for attacking the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that may offer a way to circumvent problems with drug resistance.

    bullet November 2007: NHGRI Director Francis Collins Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom PDF file
    NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. receives the Presidential Medal of Freedeom for revolutionizing "genetic research. Under his leadership, the Human Genome Project mapped and sequenced the full human genome and greatly expanded our understanding of human DNA."

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