Change Watch: Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health
by David Prentice
July 11, 2009
POSITION: DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
NOMINEE: Francis S. Collins
BIRTHDATE: April 14, 1950 in Staunton, Virginia
EDUCATION:
B.S. in Chemistry, 1970, University of Virginia
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, 1974, Yale University
M.D. 1977, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
FAMILY: wife Diane L. Baker; two daughters from previous marriage
EXPERIENCE:
2009 Founded Biologos Foundation, to address the tension between religion and science
2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom for contributions to genetic research.
2006 Published book The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
1993-2008 Director of National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
1989 Identified gene for cystic fibrosis
1984-1993 Faculty position at University of Michigan
1981-1984 Fellow in Human Genetics at Yale Medical School
1978-1981 Residency and Chief Residency in Internal Medicine, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill
Member of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences
Physician volunteer in a rural missionary hospital in Nigeria
Member of the Obama transition team
Tags: Dr. Francis Collins, Obama Administration