The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Francis S. Collins
Title:
Director, Natl. Human Gemone Research Inst.
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda,Maryland 20892 USA
Gender:
Male
Award Discipline:
Biological Sciences
Award Year:
2008
Citation:
"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.