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National Institutes of Health (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Bernadine Healy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 624
Abstract

Bernadine Healy (1944-2011) was a cardiologist who served as the first female director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) between 1991 and 1993. In addition to her work at Johns Hopkins University and the Cleveland Clinic, she also served as CEO of the American Red Cross and President of the American Heart Association. She is well-known for her work helping to establish equality for women in health policy and research, notably establishing the Women's Health Initiative at NIH.

Dates: 1958-2010

Donald S. Fredrickson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 526
Abstract Donald Sharp Fredrickson (1924-2002) was an American physiologist and science administrator who made contributions to American medicine over the course of four decades, first as a laboratory scientist, then as a leader of several prominent medical research institutions. As director of the National Institutes of Health from 1976 to 1981, Fredrickson mediated between scientists and the federal government during contentious, far-ranging debates over the direction of medical research policy,...
Dates: 1910-2002 (bulk 1960-1999)

Harold E. Varmus Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 598
Abstract Correspondence, speeches, administrative files, photographs, and audiovisual materials document the professional career of Harold Eliot Varmus, who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for the discovery of the cellular origins of cancer, and who later served as Director of the National Institutes of Health from 1993-2000 and President of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer from 2000-2010. The bulk of the collection consists of Varmus' speeches and professional activities at...
Dates: 1904-2010

James A. Shannon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 363
Abstract

Correspondence, talks, articles, reports and documents, photographs, certificates and diplomas. Dr. Shannon was on the faculty of the New York University College of Medicine from 1929-46. In 1946 he joined the National Institutes of Health, and from 1955-68 Dr. Shannon was Director of the NIH. In 1970 he became Professor and Special Assistant to the President of the Rockefeller University.

Dates: 1924-1975

Joseph S. Murtaugh Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 310
Abstract

Assistant executive director of the Public Health Service's Bureau of Medical Services, Murtaugh's files document meetings, research of public health issues, legislative activities, and program initiatives.

Dates: 1946-1970

National Science Foundation Special Committee on Medical Research Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 419
Abstract

The papers in the collection reflect the committee's activities and interests. Included in the files are the program analyses prepared for the committee, background information on medical research in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and other information reflective of the state of federal medical research in the mid-1950's.

Dates: 1948-1975

NIH Directors' Files

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 536
Abstract

Correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, committee agendas and minutes maintained by the Directors office of the National Institutes of Health.

Dates: 1937-1983 (bulk 1950-1970)

NIH Office of the Associate Director, Program Planning and Evaluation Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 420
Abstract

Contains appropriations and obligations for the National Institutes of Health, by institute, from fiscal year 1950 through fiscal year 1984, as generated by the Office of Program Planning and Evaluation's Management Databank.

Dates: 1985

Robert Q. Marston Articles and Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 367
Abstract

Speeches and articles from his tenure as Director of the National Institutes of Health (1966-1973).

Dates: 1964-1973

Robert S. Stone Articles and Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 366
Abstract

Twelve speeches and one article by Dr. Robert S. Stone, arranged chronologically and includes a content list.

Dates: 1973-1975