Three tasks for the next NIH director

Time will not be Monica Bertagnolli’s friend if and when the Senate votes to confirm her as NIH director.

It has taken President Joe Biden 206 days since Francis Collins announced his intention to resign as NIH director to select a candidate for the most important job in science. Given the president’s lack of urgency, and the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, it will be difficult for the White House to make a case for fast-tracking Bertagnolli’s confirmation. ...