Biden selects cancer surgeon Monica Bertagnolli as NIH director nominee.

President Biden has announced his intention to nominate Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, a world-renowned surgical oncologist and cancer researcher, as the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Bertagnolli is currently the Director of the National Cancer Institute and has been at the forefront of clinical and research oncology throughout her career. She has championed collaborative initiatives to transform the data infrastructure for clinical cancer research and has advanced the Cancer Moonshot to end cancer as we know it.