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American geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health

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Francis Collins

American geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health

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Francis Sellers Collins is an American physician-scientist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He served as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, from 17 August 2009 to 19 December 2021, serving under three presidents. Collins announced his retirement publicly from the NIH on March 1, 2025, after 32 years of service.

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Occupation: geneticist, physician, author, physicist
Position held: director, Science Advisor to the President
Citizenship: United States
Born: April 14, 1950
Website: http://www.nih.gov/about/director/index.htm

Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genomeknown for Finding the missing heritability of complex diseasesknown for Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genomeknown for A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPsknown for Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot projectknown for Potential etiologic and functional implications of genome-wide association loci for human diseases and traitsknown for A single ataxia telangiectasia gene with a product similar to PI-3 kinaseknown for Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipidsknown for University of Michiganemployer United States National Institutes of Healthemployer directorposition held Science Advisor to the Presidentposition held

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Francis Collins: Irish hurler

Francis Sellers Collins is an American physician-scientist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He served as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, from 17 August 2009 to 19 December 2021, serving under three presidents. Collins announced his retirement publicly from the NIH on March 1, 2025, after 32 years of service.

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Occupation: geneticist, physician, author, physicist
Position held: director, Science Advisor to the President
Citizenship: United States
Born: April 14, 1950
Website: http://www.nih.gov/about/director/index.htm

Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genomeknown for Finding the missing heritability of complex diseasesknown for Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genomeknown for A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPsknown for Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot projectknown for Potential etiologic and functional implications of genome-wide association loci for human diseases and traitsknown for A single ataxia telangiectasia gene with a product similar to PI-3 kinaseknown for Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipidsknown for University of Michiganemployer United States National Institutes of Healthemployer directorposition held Science Advisor to the Presidentposition held