The American Senate on Tuesday (local time) confirmed by Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, an indication-American physician and professor of health policy at Standford University, as the director of National Health (NIH) under Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Jay Bhattacharya won the 53-47 vote during the first session of the call of 119. Congress, according to the US website.
US President Donald Trump earlier in November nominated the economist of healthcare Dr. Jay Bhattacharya for leading Nih, the highest institution for research and financing health in the country.
Who is Jay Bhattcharya?
Jay Bhattacharya is a professor of health policy at Stanford University, a researcher at the National Office for Economic Research and Manager Stanford Institute for Economics Research, Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute and the Hoover Institution.
It also manages the Stanford Center for Demography and Health and Aging Economics and its research emphasizes the role of government programs, biomedical innovations and economics.
Jay Bhattacharya is co -author of “Great Barrington Declaration”, an alternative to locking in October 2020. His reviewed research was published in economics, statistics, legal, medical, public and health policy.
What did Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on his confirmation hearing?
During his confirmation hearing, Jay Bhattacharya said he had no intention of mowing more employees at NIH. He added that he may not be the one who finishes this decision.
Donald Trump, however, issued a executive order requiring that federal agencies to submit plans for further release this month, Bloomberg reported.
Before confirming Jay Bhattacharya Nih, he reduced almost 1,000 employees, stiffened grant activities, and introduced policy to limit the number of universities to financing research at overhead costs. The university funding policy has already been moved to court.
Despite delay from senators, Jay Bhattacharya has only changed his plans to change his plans to perform federally funded scientific research. While he said he believed that the measles vaccines did not cause autism, he would not say whether NIH would finance other studies on unproven theory, Bloomberg said.
American Senator Kentucky congratulates Bhattacharya
The US Republican senator from Kentucky Mitch McConnell congratulated Jay Bhattacharyi and said that the institution would provide “healthy leadership”.
He published on X, “he voted today to confirm Dr. Jay Bhattachary to lead national health institutions. With extensive facilities in medical research, I expect Dr. J Bhattachary to provide healthy leadership on NIH.”
Donald Trump for Jay Bhattachary’s nomination
According to US President Donald Trump, Jay Bhattachary’s nomination statement and the newly appointed Minister of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy JR will cooperate to restore NIH to the “gold standard of medical research”.
Donald Trump wrote in November as he announced that he was “enthusiastic” nominate Bhattacharyi, who “will cooperate with Robert F Kennedy JR to direct the medical research of the nation and make important discoveries that will improve health and save lives.”
“Jay and RFK JR together restore NIH to the gold standard of medical research by exploring the basic causes of the greatest American health problems, including our crisis of chronic diseases and diseases. Together they will work hard to increase again,” he said.
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