Indian-American Takes Office as Head of NIH
Born in Kolkata, India, Dr. Bhattacharya earned both his BA and MA degrees in economics from Stanford University, followed by a doctorate in medicine and a PhD in economics from the same institution Dr. Jayanta ‘Jay’ Bhattacharya was sworn in as the 18th Director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Tuesday, marking a significant milestone in his career as he assumes leadership of the nation’s top medical research agency. Dr. Bhattacharya, a distinguished Indian-American economist and physician, was nominated to the position in November and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 25. As the first to
