Anthony Fauci Announces Departure from NIAID, Advisory Roles

The 81-year-old director says that he will step back from his positions this December, but that he will continue working to advance science and public health.

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Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden, has announced today (August 22) that he is stepping down from his main leadership and government advisory roles. The move, which will take effect in December, will see Fauci leave his positions as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, as well as his advisory role at the White House.

“It has been the honor of a lifetime to have led the NIAID, an extraordinary institution, for so many years and through so many scientific and public health challenges,” Fauci says in his announcement. In the next few months, he adds, “I will continue to put my full effort, passion and commitment into my current responsibilities, as well as help prepare the Institute for a leadership transition. [The National Institutes of Health] is served by some of the most ...

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Catherine Offord
After undergraduate research with spiders at the University of Oxford and graduate research with ants at Princeton University, Catherine left arthropods and academia to become a science journalist. She has worked in various guises at The Scientist since 2016. As Senior Editor, she wrote articles for the online and print publications, and edited the magazine’s Notebook, Careers, and Bio Business sections. She reports on subjects ranging from cellular and molecular biology to research misconduct and science policy. Find more of her work at her website.
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