President Joe Biden will nominate National Cancer Institute Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli as the head of the National Institutes of Health — a nomination that arrives amid a more than a year long vacancy of the NIH director position.

<div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/64625cef960d79a516dd3ff9/Dr--Monica-Bertagnolli-speaks-during-a-visit-from-first-lady-Jill-Biden-to-the/960x0.jpg?cropX1=0&amp;cropX2=2599&amp;cropY1=72&amp;cropY2=1535" alt="Dr. Monica Bertagnolli speaks during a visit from first lady Jill Biden to the University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center." width="100%" height="auto"></div><figcaption><fbs-accordion class="expandable" current="-1"><p class="color-body light-text">Dr. Monica Bertagnolli speaks during a visit from first lady Jill Biden to the University of <span class="plus" data-ga-track="caption expand">... [+]</span><span class="expanded-caption"> California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Pool)</span></p></fbs-accordion><small>Associated Press</small></figcaption>

 <div class="key-facts-element"> <p>Bertagnolli, who became the National Cancer Institute’s director last October, will replace Francis Collins — who led the NIH for 12 years.</p>  </div>


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If confirmed, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli would be the second woman to serve as permanent director.{ai:summary}<p>Joe Biden to nominate Dr. Monica Bertagnolli as the new head of the National Institutes of Health, replacing Francis Collins who held the position for 12 years. #health</p>

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