From Twitter Blacklist to NIH: President Trump Taps Jay Bhattacharya to Lead NIH, Partnering with RFK Jr.

President Donald Trump has nominated Stanford professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as the next NIH Director.

He spoke out against the COVID-19 mandates and the unnecessary lockdowns.

In his statement, President Trump highlighted Bhattacharya’s track record in health policy, promising a new era of transparency.

Turns out that Bhattacharya will collaborate with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., focusing on chronic illness, research, and restoring trust in public health.

It looks like Trump’s Administration is truly going to “Make America Healthy Again.”

I'm so grateful to President Trump for this spectacular appointment. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is the ideal leader to restore NIH as the international template for gold-standard science and evidence-based medicine. pic.twitter.com/NakHavsblX

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) November 27, 2024

I am honored and humbled by President @realDonaldTrump's nomination of me to be the next @NIH director. We will reform American scientific institutions so that they are worthy of trust again and will deploy the fruits of excellent science to make America healthy again! https://t.co/FrLmYznhfw

— Jay Bhattacharya (@DrJBhattacharya) November 27, 2024

The Gateway Pundit reports:

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a staunch critic of the COVID-19 lockdown era, as the new Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Trump made the announcement Tuesday night, declaring that Bhattacharya’s leadership, in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will usher in a new era of medical research grounded in transparency, innovation, and trust.

According to the press release:

“I am thrilled to nominate Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, to serve as Director of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Bhattacharya will work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to direct the Nation’s Medical Research, and to make important discoveries that will improve Health, and save lives.

Jay is a Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research, and a Senior Fellow by courtesy at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute, and the Hoover Institution.

He directs Stanford’s Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging. His Research focuses on the Health and Well-Being of vulnerable populations, emphasizing the role of Government programs, Biomedical Innovation, and Economics.

Jay is a co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, an alternative to lockdowns proposed in October 2020.

His peer-reviewed research has been published in Economics, Statistics, Legal, Medical, Public Health, and Health Policy Journals. He holds an MD and PhD in Economics from Stanford University.

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’s biggest Health challenges, including our Crisis of Chronic Illness and Disease. Together, they will work hard to Make America Healthy Again!”

Here he calls out the scientist dictators:

This is Dr. Jay Battacharya, Trump's pick to lead the NIH. A massive upgrade. pic.twitter.com/mRHR6QNSJ2

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 27, 2024

After the insanity we went through, it’s time for new leadership in the realms of health.

The people who blacklisted Dr. Jay Bhattacharya tried to convince us this is science 👇 pic.twitter.com/JeaQbQ1cfx

— Anti Woke Memes (@AntiWokeMemes) November 27, 2024

The Hill did a piece on Jay Bhattacharya, hoping he would lead the NIH.

Looks like they got their wish:

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