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Steven Quay no longer expected to lead US infectious disease institute
Steven Quay is no longer the leading choice to direct the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States.
The institute is part of the National Institutes of Health and was previously led by Anthony Fauci.
Quay is a biopharmaceutical executive with no background in infectious diseases.
He was an early advocate of the theory that the Covid-19 virus was engineered in and leaked from a laboratory in China.
Quay is now expected to take more of a consulting role for the center.
The White House, the Department of Health and Human Services and Quay did not respond to requests for comment.
The sources do not say who may be chosen to lead the institute instead.
Steven Quay is no longer the leading choice to direct the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), according to a source with knowledge of the decision who spoke to STAT.
Quay, a biopharmaceutical executive with no background in infectious diseases, had been considered for the position at the National Institutes of Health.
The role was previously held by Anthony Fauci.
Quay is instead expected to take on more of a consulting role for NIAID, the source said.
Quay, the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to STAT's requests for comment.
- Who
- Steven Quay, a biopharmaceutical executive
- What
- He is no longer the leading choice to direct NIAID and is expected to take on a consulting role.
- When
- The article was published on October 9, 2026; the timing of the decision was not stated.
- Where
- The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health
- Why
- Not stated
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- Candidate
- Steven Quay
- Position considered
- Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Agency
- National Institutes of Health
- Previous director
- Anthony Fauci
- Publication date
- October 9, 2026
Sources
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