Jay Bhattacharya
♦ Indian-American scientist Jay Bhattacharya was confirmed as the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by the US Senate. ♦ He secured the position with a 53-47 vote during the first session of the roll call vote in the 119th Congress. ♦ Currently he is professor at Stanford School of Medicine. ♦ Bhattacharya also serves as a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute, and the Hoover Institution. ♦ US President Donald Trump nominated Bhattacharya as the 18th NIH Director in November 2024.