Jay Bhattacharya is currently the head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Physician-economist Jay Bhattacharya, currently leading the National Institutes of Health, has been appointed acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention amid leadership ...

The Donald Trump administration has appointed Jay Bhattacharya to lead the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention on an acting basis, The New York Timesreported.

The National Institutes of Health director is reportedly taking on a second high-profile position, filling a leadership void at the CDC.

National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya will step in as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, will also take on the temporary role of acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an administration ...

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who directs the National Institute of Health, is taking over as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Director of the National Institutes of Health Jay Bhattacharya will serve as interim director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) following the reported exit of Jim O’Neill, a ...

The director of the National Institutes of Health is poised to take on one of the most powerful roles in American public health. Dr Jay Bhattacharya, an Indian-origin physician and health economist, ...

Bhattacharya will be the third leader of the embattled CDC, the nation’s top public health agency, during President Donald ...

Bhattacharya will continue in his current duties as NIH director until a permanent CDC director is nominated and confirmed, according to the White House official. He replaces Jim O'Neill, who served ...

Bhattacharya was confirmed as NIH director in March 2025 and took office on April 1, 2025. His official biography notes his prior role as a Stanford professor and health economist and cites his co ...