Monica Bertagnolli went from a childhood on a cattle ranch to a career as a surgeon to a top post in the Biden administration. As director of the National Institutes of Health, she’s working to improve the way we find new treatments — despite regulatory constraints and tight budgets.

SOURCE:
- Monica Bertagnolli, director of the National Institutes of Health.

RESOURCES:
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