Francis Collins
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health
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.
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Yes, evolution by descent from a common ancestor is clearly true.
"Collins: Why this scientist believes in God", editorial, CNN (April 6, 2007)
The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome. He can be worshipped in the cathedral or in the laboratory. His creation is majestic, awesome, intricate, and beautiful.
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief (2006), p. 211
There are answers that science isn’t able to provide about the natural world - the questions about why instead of the questions about how. I’m interested in the whys.
Time magazine
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Burton RichterAlso won Philip Hauge Abelson Prize
William Daniel PhillipsAlso won Arthur S. Flemming Award
Bruce BeutlerAlso won Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award
Wendell Meredith StanleyAlso won AMA Scientific Achievement Award
Alvin PlantingaAlso won Templeton Prize
Michael Stuart BrownAlso won Albany Medical Center PrizeAbout this person
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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