Biologist Renee Wegrzyn will become the inaugural director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPAH), a new U.S. agency aiming to accelerate biomedical innovation.
, a 45-year-old applied biologist with a background in industry and government, to head his new agency for biomedical innovation, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health .with a starting budget of $1 billion. It aims to bring to biomedical research the kind of innovation supported by the Army’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency , known for developing the internet and GPS.
Although she lacks recent bench experience, Wegrzyn has “a tremendous amount of management experience and has worked with some of the best scientists in the world,” such as CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna, says Ringeisen, now executive director of Doudna’s Innovative Genomics Institute. Wegrzyn does not have much experience with clinical medicine or illnesses other than infectious diseases. A key test, Ringeisen says, is whether she will be able to hire the right experts in those areas. “Can she build that team? We will have to wait and see.”
Wegrzyn, who does not need Senate confirmation for the ARPA-H job , said in a statement that she is “deeply honored to have the opportunity to shape ARPA-H’s ambitious mission and foster a vision and approach that will improve health outcomes for the American people.”
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