Jay Bhattacharya is reportedly President-elect Trump’s top choice for the next director of the National Institutes of Health. A Stanford University professor, Bhattacharya has focused on health policy and vulnerable populations.

Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University-trained physician and economist, has reportedly emerged as the presumptive favourite of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team for the post of next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The NIH is a $50 billion agency under the HHS, with its mandate overseeing biomedical research throughout the United States.

A recent report by the Washington Post suggests that Jay Bhattacharya may be the presumptive favourite to be selected by United States President-elect Donald Trump as the next director of

Stanford-trained physician and economist Jay Bhattacharya is reportedly the frontrunner for the post of director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under President-elect Donald Trump. According to the Washington Post,

Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, of Stanford University in California, has emerged as President-elect Donald Trump's top pick to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), according to reporting from the Washington Post.

Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University-trained physician and economist, is now the presumptive favorite to be selected by President-elect Donald Trump as the next director of the National Institutes of Health,

Bhattacharya, a Stanford University-trained physician and economist, met Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been appointed by Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Dr Jay Bhattacharya, a Kolkata-born physician and Stanford professor of health policy, is reportedly being considered by President-elect Donald Trump to become the next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).