Monica Bertagnolli Nominated for Director of NIH

The Biden administration has nominated Monica Bertagnolli for the next director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bertagnolli formerly worked as the chief of surgical oncology at the Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center and is currently the director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Her appointment is expected to make it through the narrowly Democratic-leaning senate some time later this year.

According to Jeffrey Mervis, “Bertagnolli, who was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after taking the helm at NCI, needs to be confirmed by the Senate before she can become NIH’s 17th director. (The NCI director job doesn’t require Senate approval.) She is not seen as a controversial choice, but she’s expected to be grilled by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on NIH’s role on issues that energize both liberal and conservative lawmakers.”

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(Source: Science, May 15^th, 2023)