Dr. Anthony Fauci, a former senior White House medical adviser, will become a professor at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, the school newspaper announced Monday.

Fauci will begin his new role as “distinguished university professor” on July 1 and will receive an appointment at Hoya University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. announced.

BREAKING: Dr. Anthony Fauci (H’90) will become Distinguished Professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine beginning July 1. He will also hold an appointment at the McCourt School of Public Policy.

— The Hoya (@thehoya) June 26, 2023

Fauci has announced his intention to resign from several government positions in December 2022, including White House medical adviser and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), to “pursue the next chapter.” bottom. [his] career. “She attended her final press conference on Nov. 22, but declined to answer questions from The Daily Caller’s White House correspondent Diana Glebova about the origins of the novel coronavirus disease. (Related article: ‘Despicable’: DeSantis says Fauci ‘should be held accountable’ for puppy cruelty and gain-of-function research)

He served as Director of NIAID for 38 years, beginning during the presidency of President Ronald Reagan. He then served as a medical advisor during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic that began under President Donald Trump.

Fauci became a controversial figure after making false claims about the role of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus was tested. Republican Kentucky Senator Rand Paul and Republican Texas Congressman Chip Roy introduced legislation in March to repeal the NIAID over its role in the pandemic.

At a Senate hearing in November 2021, Paul confronted Fauci and demanded he resign, accusing him of refusing to admit to funding gain-of-function research.