With unanimous Senate approval, Collins, who is best known for leading the Human Genome Project, has become the NIH’s 16th director.
The NIH is the world’s largest biomedical organization, comprising of 27 institutes and research centers that together employs about 18,000 individuals. Its research program, which has an annual budget of $29.5 billion, is only second to the Department of Defense.
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