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Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society · 2020
- North Carolina Award · 2020
- Templeton Prize · 2020
- Warren Alpert Foundation Prize · 2018
- George M. Kober Medal · 2015
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- Albany Medical Center Prize · 2010
- Nevada Medal · 2009
- Philip Hauge Abelson Prize · 2009
- National Medal of Science · 2008
- honorary doctor of the University of Miami · 2007
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2007
- ASHG Lifetime Achievement Award · 2005
- Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award · 2005
- Canada Gairdner International Award · 2002
- Clarivate Citation Laureates · 2002
- AMA Scientific Achievement Award · 2001
- Biotechnology Heritage Award · 2001
- Princess of Asturias Award — Technical and Scientific Research · 2001
- George M. Kober Lectureship · 2000
- Wilbur Cross Medal · 1999
- Mendel Medal · 1998
- Dickson Prize in Medicine · 1992
- E. Mead Johnson Award · 1992
- Arthur S. Flemming Award
Filmography9 titles
Jonathan & Jesus
2024as Self
2024as Self
Explained
2018as Self (archive footage)
2018as Self (archive footage)
Religulous
2008as Self
2008as Self
60 Minutes
1968as Self
1968as Self
Bill Nye: Science Guy
2017as Self
2017as Self
Finding Your Roots
2012as Self
2012as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015as Self
2015as Self
The Vaccine: Conquering COVID
2021as Self
2021as Self
The Weight of the Nation
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