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Jay Bhattacharya

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Background

Jayanta Bhattacharya is an American health economist, trained as a physician, who has served as the 18th director of the National Institutes of Health since 2025. Bhattacharya additionally served as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2026. Wikipedia ↗

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