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For Immediate Release July 8, 2009

President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Francis Collins as NIH Director

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Francis S. Collins as Director of the National Institutes of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services.

President Obama said, "The National Institutes of Health stands as a model when it comes to science and research. My administration is committed to promoting scientific integrity and pioneering scientific research and I am confident that Dr. Francis Collins will lead the NIH to achieve these goals. Dr. Collins is one of the top scientists in the world, and his groundbreaking work has changed the very ways we consider our health and examine disease. I look forward to working with him in the months and years ahead.　　（続きはこちらで）"

　『ゲノムと聖書』著者、フランシス・コリンズ博士がオバマ大統領によって、国立衛生研究所(NIH)の所長にノミネートされた。議会で承認されれば、就任するもよう。