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1. Francis Collins

   Francis Sellers Collins (born April 14, 1950) is an American physician-geneticist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He is the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Before being appointed director of the NIH, Collins led the Human Genome Project and other genomics research initiatives as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the 27 institutes and centers at NIH. Before joining NHGRI, he earned a reputation as a gene hunter at the University of Michigan. He has been elected to the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences, and has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Science. Collins also has written a number of books on science, medicine, and religion, including the New York Times bestseller, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. After leaving the directorship of NHGRI and before becoming director of the NIH, he founded and served as president of The BioLogos Foundation, which promotes discourse on the relationship between science and religion and advocates the perspective that belief in Christianity can be reconciled with acceptance of evolution and science, especially through the idea that the Creator brought about his plan through the processes of evolution. In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Collins to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.On October 5, 2021, Collins announced that he would resign as NIH director by the end of the year.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of francis collins in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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   The numerical value of francis collins in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of francis collins in a Sentence

1. Francis Collins:

   Speaking for Francis Collins, I think I underestimated the level of public resistance, i didn't expect it to be that widespread.

2. Stefani Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images:

   Neither I nor Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the NIH, lied or misled about what we’ve done.

3. White House:

   Today, President Biden announced that Alondra Nelson will perform the duties of director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy( OSTP) and Francis Collins will perform the duties of Science Advisor to the President Biden and Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology until permanent leadership is nominated and confirmed, these appointments will allow OSTP and the President's Science and Technology agenda to move seamlessly forward under proven leadership.

4. White House:

   In the selections of Dr. Alondra Nelson and Dr. Francis Collins, President Biden has doubled down on science, the selections are responsive to the dual importance of a strong OSTP that can drive science and technology solutions to our greatest challenges -- and the very specific attention President Biden wants to give to the creation of a new ARPA-H research and discovery agency, the building of support for a Cancer Moonshot 2.0, the search for a new head of NIH, and the broad advisory work of PCAST.

5. The CDC and the FDA:

   Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN's Chris Cuomo after the meeting.The virtual meeting Monday evening lasted for an hour as Pfizer presented data. Top health officials were present, including Anthony Fauci, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the National Institutes of Health Dr. Francis Collins, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock, Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel Levine and Chief Science Officer of the Biden administration's Covid-19 response team Dr. David Kessler.Read More.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Collins