Anthony Fauci
Anthony Stephen Fauci ( /ˈfaʊtʃi/; born December 24, 1940) is an American immunologist. He works for the National Institutes of Health of the United States. He is the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He became well known in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States for his information about preventing the spread of disease.
Anthony Fauci | |
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 Fauci in July 2021 | |
| 2nd Chief Medical Advisor to the President | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Ronny Jackson |
| 5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | |
| Assumed office November 2, 1984 | |
| Deputy | James Hill John La Montagne Hugh Auchincloss |
| Preceded by | Richard M. Krause |
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| Born | Anthony Stephen Fauci December 24, 1940 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Christine Grady (m. 1985) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Immunology |
| Institutions | National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
He has been called "the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases".[1] He is a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
On December 4, 2020, newly elected President Joe Biden announced that Fauci would serve as Chief Medical Advisor to the President in the Biden administration.[2]
In August 2022, Fauci announced his retirement from government service which will happen sometime in December.[3]
Anthony Fauci has been a principal editor of the medical textbook Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine for many years.
Anthony Fauci Media
President Bill Clinton visits the NIH in 1995 and hears about the latest advances in HIV/AIDS research from Fauci.
Dr. Anthony Fauci in front of a microscope, 1984. Credit: NIAID
President Barack Obama greets Fauci in June 2014.
Fauci speaks to the White House press corps on COVID-19 in April 2020, watched by President Donald Trump (left) and Vice President Mike Pence (right).
Fauci receives his first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, in December 2020, at a NIH vaccination event.
Fauci discusses his work in 2020 (four minutes)
Fauci and President Joe Biden in February 2021
Fauci speaks at the National Cathedral for an interfaith vaccine confidence event.
Fauci with his wife Christine Grady and President Joe Biden in 2023
Ben Carson and Anthony Fauci (right) being announced as recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush at the White House on June 19, 2008
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References
- ↑ Grady, Denise, "Not His First Epidemic: Dr. Anthony Fauci Sticks to the Facts", The New York Times, March 8, 11, 2020.
- ↑ Merica, Dan (December 4, 2020). "CNN Exclusive: Biden says he will ask Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days he's in office". CNN.com. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
- ↑ Stanton, Cady (2022-08-22). "Dr. Anthony Fauci, face of the nation's pandemic health response, to step down in December". USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/08/22/dr-anthony-fauci-step-down/7864803001/. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
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