Described by Malcolm Gladwell as one of the ten “most important Americans you’ve never heard of”, Dr. Michael Lauer served as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Deputy Director for Extramural Research from 2015 to 2025. He was the principal scientific leader and adviser to the NIH Director on all matters relating to the substance, quality, and effectiveness of the agency’s $38 billion per year extramural research program. He has published more than three hundred scientific papers, including lead author papers that appeared in top journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and Lancet. From 2015 to 2025 he hosted the NIH Open Mike blog which had over 400,000 subscribers. Often quoted in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Science magazine, and having received numerous awards including the NIH Equal Employment Opportunity Award of the Year (2010), the Arthur S. Flemming Award for Exceptional Federal Service (2012) in recognition of efforts to grow a culture of learning and accountability, and a Lifetime Achievement Award (2025) from the American Heart Association, his as-yet untitled book about the NIH will be published by Basic Books in 2027.

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