While Dr. Anthony Fauci has been under scrutiny for his statements regarding his knowledge of the gain-of-function work at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and his deceptions related to the “Proximal Origins” paper, his replacement has been chosen.

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo will be the next director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institutes of Health announced Wednesday.

Marrazzo is expected to begin her role in the fall, the NIH said. She will take over from Dr. Hugh Auchincloss Jr., who has served as acting director since Dr. Anthony Fauci stepped down from the post in December.

Marrazzo is director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.