Francis S. Collins

Recipient
Year
Citation

Francis S.
Collins

Director, Natl. Human Gemone Research Inst.

National Institutes of Health
2008
Biology

For his visionary contributions to the fields of genetics and genomics through the work of his own laboratory and his leadership of multiple international genomics initiatives, including the Human Genome Project.

Presented by President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on October 7, 2009.