Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health and an outspoken Christian, announced Tuesday that he will step down as director after serving in the role since 2009.

Francis Collins, Head of NIH Who Led Human Genome Project, to Step Down After 12 years at the helm of the top biomedical research agency, the geneticist will return to running his lab by year’s end ...

Dr. Francis Collins stepped down from his position in 2021 but continued to run a lab at the agency. In March he retired and ...

Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the National Institutes of Health, speaks to Christiane Amanpour about his decision ...

FILE- Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), holds up a model of COVID-19, known as coronavirus, during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the plan ...

Dr. Francis Collins announced Tuesday he will step down as director of the National Institutes of Health by the end of the year because it is time for a "new scientist" to lead the biomedical ...

Dr. Francis Collins, a renowned geneticist, and former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, is retiring from the government agency and urging “respect” for its embattled workers ...

FILE- Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), holds up a model of COVID-19, known as coronavirus, during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the plan ...