Francis Collins

Francis Collins has served as the Director of the United States National Institutes of Health since August 17, 2009. Previously he led the Human Genome Project.

Education

 * B.S. in chemistry from the University of Virginia
 * Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Yale University
 * M.D. with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Awards

 * Member of the Institute of Medicine
 * Member of National Academy of Sciences
 * 2007, Presidential Medal of Freedom
 * 2009, National Medal of Science
 * 2010, Co-recipient of the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research.

Talks and interviews

 * In November 2015 Dr Collins appeared on the Charlie Rose show and reiterated his view of the seriousness of ME/CFS and the need to increase investment in research.

NIH Director's blog

 * 2017, Moving Toward Answers in ME/CFS