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Biography
Francis Sellers Collins 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.
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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
2012as Comentarista
2012as Comentarista