America's longest-serving director of NIAID, Fauci shaped US infectious disease policy through HIV/AIDS, anthrax, SARS, H1N1, Ebola, and COVID-19. During the pandemic he became the most prominent public health voice in the world and simultaneously the most politically polarizing scientist in American history.
Built NIAID into the world's premier infectious disease research institute; transformed US AIDS policy from neglect to a billion-dollar research program; led public communication of COVID-19 science and policy including masking guidance, vaccine advocacy, and the lab-leak debate; his career spans from bench science to geopolitical flashpoint.
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