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16. An Exit Interview with N.I.H. Director Dr. Francis Collins

16. An Exit Interview with N.I.H. Director Dr. Francis Collins

Freakonomics, M.D.
26 min
17 Dec 21
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The National Institutes of Health is the backbone of health research in the U.S., and Collins has been in charge for more than a decade. Now that he’s stepping down, he ponders the arc of his history-making career, from his leadership of the Human Genome Project to the fight against Covid-19 (not to mention the absolute happiest moment of his life).