RFK Jr. Axes Fauci’s Wife, Christine Grady, from NIH Bioethics Post

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services, has terminated Christine Grady, wife of former NIAID director Anthony Fauci, from her position as chief of the National Institutes of Health’s Department of Bioethics.

The decision, announced Tuesday, marks a dramatic shake-up at the NIH, where Grady had overseen bioethics research since 2012.

Grady, a nurse-bioethicist with decades of experience, was a key figure in shaping “ethical frameworks” for clinical research, including during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Her dismissal follows Kennedy’s vocal criticism of Fauci’s tenure and promises to overhaul federal health agencies. Sources say Grady has been offered a lesser role at the Indian Health Service, though she has not commented publicly.

The firing comes amid Kennedy’s broader purge of NIH leadership, targeting what he calls a “corrupt” establishment, as Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News reports:

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has begun eliminating some 10,000 jobs as announced by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—a staggering shrinkage of the department’s workforce and consolidation of programs that some former officials and others warned would decimate U.S. life sciences activity, from academic research to industry drug development and regulation to public health oversight.

The 10,000 jobs being eliminated include 3,500 positions at the FDA, 2,400 at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and 1,200 at the NIH. Another 300 positions will also be eliminated at the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

HHS has said the job cuts and its restructuring of operations will save $1.8 billion a year, eliminate bureaucracy and waste, and enhance the agencies’ ability to conduct essential functions.