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Francis Collins
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American geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health
Person · Open Library
- Died
- 1921
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Parish Register of St. Mary, Bishophill Junior, York. 1602-1812
- A catalogue of the inquisitions post mortem for the county of York, for the reigns of James I and Charles I, in the Courts of Chancery and of Wards and Liveries
- Registers of Danby-In-Cleveland
- The Sabbath breaker reclaimed, or, A pleasing history of Thomas Brown
- Wills and administrations from the Knaresborough Court Rolls
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Acting · Staunton, Virginia, USA
Francis Sellers Collins is an American physician-geneticist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He is director of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Known for
- Jonathan & Jesus — Self2024
- The Vaccine: Conquering COVID — Self2021
- Explained — Self (archive footage)2018
- Bill Nye: Science Guy — Self2017
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self2015
- Finding Your Roots — Self2012
- The Weight of the Nation — Comentarista2012
- Religulous — Self2008
- CNN Special Report — Self1980
- 60 Minutes — Self1968
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1950
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 99
- Total plays
- 2,017
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project
· 1996 · cited 18,867x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,623x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,988x
- UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age
· 2015 · cited 12,412x
- Guidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measures
· 2000 · cited 10,946x
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Quotes
- “The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome. He can be worshipped in the cathedral or in the laboratory. His creation is majestic, awesome, intricate, and beautiful.”
- “There are answers that science isn’t able to provide about the natural world—the questions about why instead of the questions about how. I’m interested in the whys. I find many of those answers in the spiritual realm. That in no way compromises my ability to think rigorously as a scientist.”
- “Yes, evolution by descent from a common ancestor is clearly true. If there was any lingering doubt about the evidence from the fossil record, the study of DNA provides the strongest possible proof of our relatedness to all other living things.”
- “"We'll get closer to perfect kids from caring families and good education than we'll ever get from genetics." 2005 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript, https://www.genome.gov/DNADay/q.cfm?aid=5419&year=2005”
- “Reason alone cannot prove the existence of God. Faith is reason plus revelation, and the revelation part requires one to think with the spirit as well as with the mind. You have to hear the music, not just read the notes on the page.”
- “I was an atheist, finding no reason to postulate the existence of any truths outside of mathematics, physics and chemistry. But then I went to medical school, and encountered life and death issues at the bedsides of my patients. Challenged by one of those patients, who asked "What do you believe, doctor?", I began searching for answers.”
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Key facts
- President
- Joe Biden
- Preceded by
- Eric Lander
- Succeeded by
- Arati Prabhakar
- Deputy
- Lawrence A. Tabak
- Born
- Francis Sellers Collins , ( 1950-04-14 ) April 14, 1950 (age 76) , Staunton, Virginia , U.S.
- Spouse
- Diane Baker
- Education
- University of Virginia ( BS ), Yale University ( MS , PhD ), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ( MD )
- Fields
- Molecular genetics
- Institutions
- University of Michigan National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health
- Thesis
- Semiclassical theory of vibrationally inelastic scattering, with application to H+ + H₂ (1974)
- Doctoral advisor
- James Cross
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francis
- Family name
- Collins
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Staunton
- Occupation
- chemist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- public administration
- Official website
- www.nih.gov/about/director/index.htm
- Image
- Francis Collins official portrait.jpg
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- date of birth
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- Francis Sellers Collins
- social media followers
- 184537
- name in native language
- Francis Collins
- P10632
- Francis Collins
- affiliation string
- The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
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Encyclopedic overview
Francis Sellers Collins ForMemRS (born April 14, 1950) is an American physician-scientist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He served as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, from 17 August 2009 to 19 December 2021, serving under three presidents. Collins announced his retirement publicly from the NIH on March 1, 2025, after 32 years of service.
Before being appointed director of the NIH, Collins led the Human Genome Project and other genomics research initiatives as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the 27 institutes and centers at NIH. Before joining NHGRI, he earned a reputation as a gene hunter at the University of Michigan. He has been elected to the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences, and has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Science.
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