Francis Collins

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author geneticist government official human physician scientist

Francis Collins is an American physician-geneticist best known for leading the Human Genome Project and serving as director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Aliases (1)

Francis S. Collins ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author → geneticist → government official → human → physician → scientist →
academicDegree	Doctor of Medicine → Doctor of Philosophy →
areaOfInfluence	biomedical research policy → genome research → personalized medicine →
awardReceived	National Medal of Science → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
citizenship	American →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill → University of Virginia → Yale University →
employer	National Institutes of Health →
familyName	Collins →
fieldOfWork	genetics → genomics → medical genetics →
givenName	Francis →
hasRole	leader of the Human Genome Project → public science communicator →
hasWrittenWork	Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith → The Language of God → The Language of Life →
knownFor	Human Genome Project → directorship of the U.S. National Institutes of Health →
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English →
memberOf	National Academy of Medicine → National Academy of Sciences →
name	Francis Collins →
notableIdea	integration of faith and science in public discourse →
notableWork	leadership of the Human Genome Project →
occupation	geneticist → physician → science administrator → university teacher →
positionHeld	Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute → Director of the National Institutes of Health →
religion	Christianity →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Bethesda, Maryland →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Language of God → The Language of Life →	author
Emmanuel College, Cambridge →	alumnus
Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith →	editor
Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith →	hasContributor
Francis Collins →	name
Human Genome Project ("Francis S. Collins") →	notableLeader
Templeton Prize →	notableRecipient