President-elect Donald Trump has chosen health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the National Institutes of Health, the nation's leading medical research agency.

Bhattacharya was the face of the Great Barrington Declaration, which argued shutdowns were causing more harm than good.

Donald Trump nominates Indian-American Jay Bhattacharya as NIH director, focusing on medical research and improving health in America.

Trump also nominated Jim O'Neill as the deputy secretary of Health and Human Services to work alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American scientist Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the country's top health research and funding institutions. Bhattacharya, a professor of Health Policy at Stanford University, is known for his research on the health and well-being of vulnerable populations. Trump also nominated Jim O'Neill as the deputy secretary of Health and Human Services to work alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

According to Trump, Bhattacharya is a Health Policy professor at Stanford University, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, the Freeman Spogli Institute, and the Hoover Institution.

President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a renowned Stanford expert, as the new Director of the NIH.