As the director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya would oversee the world’s premier medical research agency, with a $48-billion budget and 27 separate institutes and centers. As the director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya would oversee the world’s premier medical research agency, with a $48-billion budget and 27 separate institutes and centers. National Institutes of Health, Bhattacharya, Jay, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Quarantines, Presidential Transition (US), United States Politics and Government, Appointments and Executive Changes, Trump, Donald J, Kennedy, Robert F Jr NYT > Science