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Born Apr 14, 1950 · Staunton, Virginia, USA
Active 2012–present · Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom, Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, Arthur S. Flemming Award, Canada Gairdner International Award, AMA Scientific Achievement Award, National Medal of Science, Albany Medical Center Prize, Dickson Prize in Medicine
Francis Sellers Collins is an American physician-geneticist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He is director of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.