Donald Trump plans to nominate Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor known for his criticism of Covid lockdowns, to lead the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Bhattacharya is a physician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and is a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is a Stanford-educated physician who gained prominence after questioning the efficacy of social distancing at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic

Trump tapped Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a vocal critic of Covid-19 lockdowns and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, as the next NIH director.

The Florida context From Florida Phoenix Dr. Bhattacharya was an important player in Gov. DeSantis' campaign against federal public health authorities' plan to contain spread of Covid-19 through social distancing and mask mandates,

President-elect Donald Trump nominated health economist Jay Bhattacharya to serve as the next director of the National Institutes of Health, a federal agency that spends most of its nearly $48 billion budget on medical research through competitive grants Bhattacharya is a physician and professor at Stanford University School

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 one of three authors an October 2020 open letter maintaining that lockdowns were causing irreparable harm.

Donald Trump's health team picks includes outspoken critics of the medical establishment and COVID-19 health measures

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer President-elect Donald Trump announced a line-up of medical doctors to fill three top health roles in his administration over the weekend. Trump will nominate Florida Representative Dave Weldon to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),