Introduction

Francis collins has been director of the national institutes of health for 12 years. He is stepping down at the end of this year, but not before reflecting on his tenure with my colleague, selina simons duffin. "He's really carismatic and likable," says emily Simons-Duffin as she looks back to when he first came on her radar musically. 'I know that Francis collins has a presence on the inner net'