Jay Bhattacharya

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a physician, epidemiologist, and health economist, is director of the National Institutes of Health. He is professor of medicine at Stanford University, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research, a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, a faculty member at the Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute, and a fellow at the Academy of Science and Freedom. His research focuses on the economics of health care around the world with a particular emphasis on the health and well-being of vulnerable populations. He is also co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration.