{"id":2373743,"date":"2024-11-27T00:05:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T05:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-nih-chief-and-flurry-of-other-appointments-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T00:07:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T05:07:49","slug":"trump-announces-nih-chief-and-flurry-of-other-appointments-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-nih-chief-and-flurry-of-other-appointments-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces NIH chief and flurry of other appointments &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-announces-nih-chief-and-flurry-of-other-appointments-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2373743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent announcement, President-elect Donald Trump \u200chas named Dr.\u2062 Jay Bhattacharya as \u2062the \u2062new director\u200b of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This appointment is part\u200c of a series of announcements concerning \u200ckey positions \u2064within his\u200b administration. Dr. Bhattacharya is set to\u2063 collaborate with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert\u2064 F. Kennedy Jr. to\u2062 oversee national health initiatives. This announcement marks a significant development \u2064in the incoming\u200c Trump\u200d administration&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">health policy<\/a> strategy. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a prominent figure \u2063in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-who-trash-their-family-in-public-cant-be-trusted\/\" title=\"Don&#039;t trust those who publicly criticize their own family.\">public \u2063health<\/a> and a vocal advocate for individual liberties during the COVID-19 pandemic, is \u200dlikely to bring his expertise \u2062in health economics and policy to the NIH\u200b leadership. His\u200c collaboration\u200c with\u200c Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who \u200chas been an outspoken critic of certain \u200bvaccination policies \u2062and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/homeland-security-authorizes-tsa-to-enforce-joe-biden-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"Homeland Security Authorizes TSA to Enforce Joe Biden Mask Mandate\">public health measures<\/a>, could signal a shift towards a more controversial \u2062and \u200cpotentially\u2062 contentious approach\u2062 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wants-to-give-the-who-and-china-more-power-after-they-grossly-abused-a-pandemic\/\" title=\"Biden Wants To Give The WHO And China More Power After They Grossly Abused A Pandemic\">health governance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As director of the NIH, Dr. Bhattacharya will have a crucial role in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">directing national health \u200bresearch priorities<\/a>, funding, and initiatives, particularly in the\u200c wake of ongoing discussions about pandemic preparedness and \u2063public health strategies. Observers will be\u2062 keen to see how this \u200cnew leadership team\u200c navigates issues such as vaccine\u2063 development,\u200c health disparities, and the balance \u2064between public health and personal freedoms. Their decisions \u2064will \u200calso \u200binfluence \u200cthe\u200b broader \u200cdiscourse on health policy in the United States.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump announces NIH chief and flurry of other appointments<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1895419\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced his pick to lead the National Institutes of Health and a flurry of other appointments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump selected Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to serve as director of the NIH, working with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to direct national medical research.<\/p>\n<p>Bhattacharya serves as director of Stanford University&rsquo;s Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Together, Jay and RFK Jr. will restore the NIH to a Gold Standard of Medical Research as they examine the underlying causes of, and solutions to, America&rsquo;s biggest Health challenges, including our Crisis of Chronic Illness and Disease,&rdquo; Trump wrote. &ldquo;Together, they will work hard to Make America Healthy Again!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He also announced Jim O&rsquo;Neill as the pick for Kennedy&rsquo;s deputy secretary. Kevin Hassett was chosen as the director of the White House National Economic Counsel. Robert Lighthizer&rsquo;s protege Jamieson Greer was nominated as the United States trade representative.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vince Haley was selected as director of the Domestic Policy Council, and John Phelan was tapped by Trump to be Navy secretary. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;John will be a tremendous force for our Naval Servicemembers, and a steadfast leader in advancing my America First vision,&rdquo; Trump said about the financier. &ldquo;He will put the business of the U.S. Navy above all else.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1895419\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1895419\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump names NIH director and several other appointments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2373744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP23272758904068.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21068,45744,3634],"class_list":["post-2373743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-appointments","tag-nih-chief","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP23272758904068.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2373743"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2373752,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373743\/revisions\/2373752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2373744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2373743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2373743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2373743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}