COVID Lockdown Critic is Frontrunner to Lead NIH

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, professor of medicine at Stanford University and one of the co-authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, in Hartford, Conn., on Feb. 17, 2023. Tal Atzmon/The Epoch Times

Jay Bhattacharya is currently the frontrunner to take over the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under President-elect Donald Trump.

The story was first reported by The Washington Post. A source familiar confirmed to The Epoch Times that the report reflected Trump’s plans.