Tag: Nih
Newsweek: Should faith disqualify NIH nominee?
Lisa Miller July 30, 2009.
Print: Newsweek
Faith, reason, and the NIH nominee.
Sam Harris on Francis Collins at the NIH
MICHA J STONE July 28, 2009.
Print: Examiner.com
Harris is right to question the wisdom of Collins leading the NIH. If Collins rejects the possibility of a scientific understanding of human nature he is rejecting the effort of cognitive scientists and other scientists engaged in that very task. Science, and the nation, deserve better.
Francis Collins Appointed to Head NIH
LAURAN NEERGAARD July 9, 2009.
Print: The Huffington Post
President Barack Obama has chosen influential genetic scientist Francis Collins to head the National Institutes of Health. Known for helping to unravel the human genetic codes, he is also known for trying to find common ground between belief in God and science and is author of the 2007 best-seller The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief.
Former Human Genome Project leader Francis Collins likely next NIH director
By Katherine Harmon May 26, 2009.
Print: Scientific American
Evangelical Christian, Francis Collins, is likely to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
