Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Bhattacharya is a physician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and is a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Jay Bhattacharya to serve as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a key medical research agency. “Dr Bhattacharya will work in cooperation with Robert F.

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a vocal critic of COVID-19 lockdowns and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, as the next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).