November 15, 2023
U alum now leads the National Institutes of Health
Monica Bertagnolli, a 1985 graduate of the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah, was confirmed Tuesday by the U.S. Senate as the 16th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md. She is the first medical doctor trained in Utah to serve in this important national leadership role.
As NIH director, Bertagnolli will oversee the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world. The NIH has a budget of more than $47 billion and is comprised of 27 separate institutes and centers.
