Trump team removes senior NIH chiefs in shock move

Trump team removes senior NIH chiefs in shock move

Nature, Published online: 04 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01071-6Decision comes amidst mass layoffs — plus, administration instructs US biomedical agency to study ‘regret’ after transgender people transition.

Senate Confirms Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to Serve as Director of NIH

Jayanta “Jay” Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., has officially taken office as the 18th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) following his nomination by President Trump in November and Senate confirmation in March.As Director, Dr. Bhattacharya will lead the nation’s top medical research agency and align its work with the Administration’s Make America Healthy Again Commission. He succeeds Dr. Matthew J. Memoli, who has served as Acting Di…