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# NIH’s Fauci Stepping Down At End of Year
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/nihs-fauci-stepping-down-at-end-of-year/
- Published: 2022-08-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T17:56:43.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5152555

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director **Anthony Fauci** says he will be stepping down at the end of the year. Fauci, who also serves as chief medical advisor to president **Joe Biden**, says he is not retiring, rather pursuing the “next chapter of my career.”

“Over the past 38 years as NIAID Director, I have had the enormous privilege of serving under and advising seven Presidents of the United States, beginning with president **Ronald Reagan**, on newly emerging and re-emerging infectious disease threats including HIV/AIDS, West Nile virus, the anthrax attacks, pandemic influenza, various bird influenza threats, Ebola and Zika, among others, and, of course, most recently the Covid-19 pandemic,” Fauci said in a [statement](https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/statement-anthony-s-fauci-md?ref=fdaweb.com).

He said that while he still has energy and passion, “I want to use what I have learned as NIAID director to continue to advance science and public health and to inspire and mentor the next generation of scientific leaders as they help prepare the world to face future infectious disease threats.”