Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University-trained physician and economist, is now the presumptive favorite to be selected by President-elect Donald Trump as the next director of the National Institutes of Health,

Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University-trained physician and economist, has reportedly emerged as the presumptive favourite of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team for the post of next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Jay Bhattacharya visited Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after Trump picked him to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week.

Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, of Stanford University in California, has emerged as President-elect Donald Trump's top pick to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), according to reporting from the Washington Post.

The NIH is a $50 billion agency under the HHS, with its mandate overseeing biomedical research throughout the United States.

Bhattacharya, a Stanford University-trained physician and economist, met Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been appointed by Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Dr Jay Bhattacharya, a Kolkata-born physician and Stanford professor of health policy, is reportedly being considered by President-elect Donald Trump to become the next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).