
Dr. Francis Collins is a physician-geneticist and the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In his role at NIH, he oversees the work of the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world. His landmark discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the international Human Genome Project culminated in the completion of a finished sequence of the human DNA instruction book. Collins is the author of “The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief.” He earned his Ph.D. from Yale University and his M.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.