The National Institutes of Health is the backbone of health research in the U.S., and Collins has been in charge for more than a decade. Now that he’s stepping down, he ponders the arc of his history-making career, from his leadership of the Human Genome Project to the fight against Covid-19 (not to mention the absolute happiest moment of his life).
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Relevant Research & References
Here’s where you can learn more about the people and ideas in this episode:
SOURCE
- Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health.
RESOURCES
- “Early-Career Setback and Future Career Impact,” by Yang Wang, Benjamin F. Jones, and Dashun Wang (Nature Communications, 2019).
- “Contribution of NIH Funding to New Drug Approvals 2010–2016,” by Ekaterina Galkina Cleary, Jennifer M. Beierlein, Navleen Surjit Khanuja, Laura M. McNamee, and Fred D. Ledley (PNAS, 2018).
- “Proposed Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H),” by the National Institutes of Health.
- “Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV),” by the National Institutes of Health.
- “Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP),” by the National Institutes of Health.
- “The Human Genome Project,” by the National Human Genome Research Institute.
- “What We Do,” by the National Institutes of Health.
EXTRA
- “Is the Government More Entrepreneurial Than You Think? (Ep. 348),” by Freakonomics Radio (2017).
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