Two Americans-- including NIH director-- named to pontifical academy

October 12, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI has named two prominent American scientists-- including a top White House appointee-- to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. They are:

1. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health; and
2. Edward De Robertis, professor of chemical biology at the Howard Hughes Institute of Medicine at UCLA.

 

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• Other Pontifical Acts (VIS)