What is Francis Collins?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Francis Collins | image = Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Institutes of Health (36338473112).jpg |office = [[Science Advisor to the President]] |status = Acting |president = [[Joe Biden]] |term_start = February 18, 2022 |term_end = October 3, 2022 |predecessor = [[Eric Lander]] |successor = [[Arati Prabhakar]] |office1 = 16th Director of the [[National Institutes of Health]] |president1 = [[Barack Obama]]<br>[[Donald Trump]]<br>[[Joe Biden]] |deputy1 = [[Lawrence A. Tabak]] |term_start1 = August 17, 2009 |term_end1 = December 19, 2021 |predecessor1 = [[Raynard S. Kington]] {{small|(Acting)}} |successor1 = [[Lawrence A. Tabak]] {{small|(Acting)}} |office2 = 2nd Director of the [[National Human Genome Research Institute]] |president2 = [[Bill Clinton]]<br>[[George W. Bush]] |term_start2 = April 1993 |term_end2 = August 1, 2008 |predecessor2 = [[Michael M. Gottesman|Michael Gottesman]] {{small|(Acting)}} |successor2 = [[Alan Edward Guttmacher|Alan Guttmacher]] {{small|(Acting)}} |birth_name = Francis Sellers Collins |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|4|14}} |birth_place = [[Staunton, Virginia]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = Diane Baker |education = [[University of Virginia]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Yale University]] ([[Master of Science|MS]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])<br>[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill]] ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]]) |module = {{Infobox scientist |embed = yes |fields = [[Molecular genetics]] |workplaces = {{ublist|[[University of Michigan]]|[[National Human Genome Research Institute]]|[[National Institutes of Health]]}} |thesis_title = Semiclassical theory of vibrationally inelastic scattering, with application to H+ + H₂ |thesis_url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/288233821/ |thesis_year = 1974 |doctoral_advisor = James