"The National Institutes of Health director will become acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and President Trump will nominate the CDC's former acting director to lead the National Science Foundation, a White House official confirmed to Inside Higher Ed. The NIH and NSF are among the largest federal funders of university research. The official said NIH director Jay Bhattacharya will maintain his current duties while also leading the CDC "until a permanent CDC director is nominated and confirmed.""
"Bhattacharya's new duties leading the CDC come as the NIH continues to lack permanent leadership in many top posts. With last week's ending of Lindsey A. Criswell's directorship of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 16 directors of the 27 institutes and centers that comprise the agency are in an acting capacity. These NIH directors have departed for multiple reasons, including terminations by the Trump administration and resignations."
Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, will become acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention while maintaining his NIH duties until a permanent CDC director is nominated and confirmed. President Trump will nominate the CDC's former acting director to lead the National Science Foundation. The NIH and NSF are among the largest federal funders of university research. Jim O'Neill was dismissed last week from leading the CDC after holding the position since late August. The NIH is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, and the CDC is based in Atlanta. Sixteen of 27 NIH institute and center directors currently serve in acting capacities following recent departures due to terminations and resignations.
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