January 16, 2009
Genome Researcher May Be Next to Lead NIH
Francis S. Collins, a former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, may be in line to head the National Institutes of Health in the Obama administration.
A report in Science magazine's ScienceInsider blog cites Alan O. Trounson, president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, in San Francisco, as saying he has heard repeated mention of Dr. Collins for the post of NIH director. Asked about the matter this month at a meeting of an Obama transition
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