Francis Collins -- Born: 1950-04-14. Occupation: author. Employer: United States National Institutes of Health. Position: Science Advisor to the President. Education: Staunton High School. Awards: AMA Scientific Achievement Award.
Born1950-04-14
Occupationauthor, chemist, geneticist, human geneticist
EmployerUnited States National Institutes of Health, University of Michigan
PositionScience Advisor to the President, director
EducationStaunton High School, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Virginia
AwardsAMA Scientific Achievement Award, Arthur S. Flemming Award, Canada Gairdner International Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
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“when we get to the point where we can say we changed medicine, then I'll feel like we've got somewhere.”
genomeweb.com2025-09-24Source“not allowed to speak — in any kind of scientific meeting or public setting.”
axios.com2025-04-28Source“NIH is the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world,”
healthday.com2025-03-03Source“They are individuals of extraordinary intellect and integrity, selfless and hard-working, generous and compassionate. They personify excellence in every way, and they deserve the utmost respect and support of all Americans.”
healthday.com2025-03-03Source“It is the main piston of a biomedical discovery engine that is the envy of the globe. Yet it is not a household name. It should be.”
healthday.com2025-03-03Source“Investment in medical research was seen as a high priority and a nonpolitical bipartisan effort -- saving countless lives, relieving human suffering and contributing substantially to the U.S. economy,”
healthday.com2025-03-03Source“I was so grateful for the opportunity to reassure this young man and his friends that there is a wonderful answer to the dilemma they face and to walk them through what that might be,”
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“was not doing any interviews.”
healthday.com2025-03-03Source“It has been an incredible privilege to lead this great agency for more than a decade,”
nih.gov2021-10-05Source“When you hear about patients surviving stage 4 cancer because of immunotherapy, that was based on NIH research over many decades. When you hear about sickle cell disease being cured because of CRISPR gene editing, that was built on many years of research supported by NIH,”
AP News2025-03-01Source“The question we ought to be asking is, ‘What is good for the public?’ I’m not sure that all this gold rush is going to serve the public’s needs very well in the long run.”
Los Angeles Times1999-02-21Source“Knowledge is the facts, the evidence, the information, the best you can put together, but it’s often insufficient to help you make a decision,”
CNN2024-12-23Source“All of biology and all of medical research is going to be divided by what we did before we had this information and what we can do after we have it.”
PBS2000-06-16Source“I have loved being employed by this extraordinary, life-giving institution for 32 years.”
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