Oral Histories Organized by Institute or Center
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NIH Offices
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NIH Office of the Director (OD)
The Office of the Director is the central office at NIH for its 27 Institutes and Centers. The OD is responsible for setting policy for NIH and for planning, managing, and coordinating the programs and activities of all the NIH components. OD program offices include the Office of AIDS Research and the Office of Research on Women’s Health, among others.
NIH Institutes
NCI
National Cancer Institute (NCI) — 1937
NCI leads a national effort to eliminate the suffering and death due to cancer. Through basic and clinical biomedical research and training, NCI conducts and supports research that will lead to a future in which we can prevent cancer before it starts, identify cancers that do develop at the earliest stage, eliminate cancers through innovative treatment interventions, and biologically control those cancers that we cannot eliminate so they become manageable, chronic diseases.
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Adhya, Sankar 2008 A (history)
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Adhya, Sankar L. 2008 B (history)
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Anacker, Robert L. 1984 (history)
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Anderson, Norman 1984 (history)
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Bader, John 1996 (history)
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Bailar, John 2004 (history)
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Baker, Carl G. 1995 (history)
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Baker, Carl G. 1996 (history)
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Baker, Carl G. 1997 (history)
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Baldwin, Calvin B. 1997 (history)
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Barkley, Emmett 2000 (history)
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Berlin, Nathaniel 1995 (history)
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Berlin, Nathaniel 1997 (history)
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Berlin, Nathaniel 2004 (history)
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Biggar, Robert 1989 (history)
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Blattner, William A. 1990 (history)
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Boone, Charles 1995 (history)
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Brinton, Louise 2022 (history)
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Broder, Samuel 1997 A (history)
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Broder, Samuel 1997 B (history)
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Bucher, John 2003 (history)
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Bunnag, Bill 2023 (history)
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Burchenal, Joseph 2001 (history)
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Chabner, Bruce 1989 (history)
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Chanock, Stephen 2022 (history)
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Colten, Harvey R. 1999 (history)
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Compton, Alex 2020 (history)
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Dalton, Albert J. 1964 (history)
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de Cromburgghe, Benoit 2008 (history)
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Depue, Robert 1995 (history)
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DeVita, Vincent T., Jr. 1997 (history)
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DeWys, William 1989 (history)
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Duff, James 1995 (history)
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Dunn, Phebe 1998 (history)
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Esposito, Dominic 2021 (history)
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Ford, Leslie G. 2008 (history)
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Freed, Eric 2020 (history)
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Frei, Emil 1997 (history)
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Freireich, Emil J. 1997 (history)
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Gail, Mitchell 2022 (history)
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Gallo, Maria 2008 (history)
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Gallo, Robert 1994 A (history)
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Gallo, Robert 1994 B (history)
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Gallo, Robert 1995 A (history)
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Gallo, Robert 1995 B (history)
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Gallo, Robert 2001 (history)
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Gelmann, Edward P. (history)
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Giri, Neelam 2021 (history)
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Goedert, James J. (history)
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Gori, Giovanni B. 1996 (history)
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Gottesman, Max 2008 (history)
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Gottesman, Michael 2001 (history)
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Gottesman, Michael M. 2009 A (history)
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Gottesman, Michael M. 2009 B (history)
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Gottesman, Michael M. 2016 A (history)
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Gottesman, Michael M. 2016 B (history)
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Gottesman, Susan 2008 A (history)
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Gottesman, Susan 2008 B (history)
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Greenwald, Peter 2008 A (history)
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Greenwald, Peter 2008 B (history)
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Greenwald, Peter 2008 C (history)
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Hanover, John A. 2009 (history)
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Hartge, Patricia 2022 (history)
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Hayflick, Leonard 1994 (history)
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Heller, John R. 1964 (history)
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Herman, Samuel 1995 (history)
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Ho, Mitchell and Jessica Hong 2020 (history)
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Holdenried, Robert 1995 (history)
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Holland, James F. 2001 (history)
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Holland, James F. 2013 (history)
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Huebner, Harriet 1995 (history)
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Huebner, Harriet 1998 (history)
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Huff, James 2004 (history)
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Jaffe, Elaine 2023 (history)
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Kaluzny, Arnold G. 2008 (history)
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Kelloff, Gary 1995 (history)
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Kotin, Paul 2000 (history)
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Larson, Daniel 2020 (history)
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Law, Lloyd 2001 (history)
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Liebelt, Annabel G. 1998 (history)
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Linet, Martha 2022 (history)
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Loo, Ti Li 1998 (history)
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Manaker, Robert 1995 (history)
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Marks, Paul S. 1999 (history)
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McGowan, Dorothy 2017 (history)
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Meyer, Gerald F. 1996 (history)
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Miller, Robert 1995 (history)
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Milner, John A. 2008 (history)
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Minasian, Lori 2008 (history)
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Moloney, John 1995 (history)
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Morrison, Bayard "Bud" 1995 (history)
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Murayama, Makio 2001 (history)
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OConnor Timothy E. 2005 (history)
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Oliverio, Vincent T. 1998 (history)
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Pastan, Ira 2008 A (history)
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Pastan, Ira 2008 B (history)
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Peck, Gary 2021 (history)
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Percy, Constance 1998 (history)
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Perlman, Robert L. 2008 (history)
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Potter, Michael 2015 (history)
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Rabson, Alan S. 1997 (history)
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Rall, David P. 1990 (history)
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Rall, David P. 1997 (history)
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Rodrigues, Dennis 2006 (history)
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Rosenberg, Steven 2021 (history)
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Saunders, J. Paul 1998 (history)
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Schneekloth, John 2020 (history)
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Schneiderman, Marvin 1996 (history)
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Scolnick, Edward 1998 (history)
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Shimkin, Michael 1982 (history)
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Sibal, Lou 1995 (history)
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Silverman, Debra 2022 (history)
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Singer, Maxine 1998 (history)
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Sondik, Edward 2009 (history)
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Steele, Vernon E. 2008 (history)
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Strober, Warren 2019 (history)
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Swan, Judith 1990 (history)
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Tanner, Kandice 2020 (history)
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Tarasova, Nadya 2021 (history)
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Upton, Arthur C. 1997 (history)
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Van Nevel, Paul 1999 (history)
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Van Nevel, Paul 2001 (history)
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Varmus, Harold 1995 (history)
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Waldmann, Thomas 1990 (history)
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Waldmann, Thomas 2018 (history)
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Willingham, Mark C. 2008 (history)
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Wlodawer, Alexander 2020 (history)
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Wong-Staal, Flossie 1997 (history)
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Yarchoan, Robert 1998 (history)
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Zahm, Shelia 2022 (history)
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Zbar, Berton 2016 (history)
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Ziegler, John 1990 (history)
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Ziegler, John 1998 (history)
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Zubrod, C. Gordon 1997 (history)
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Zubrod, Gordon 1995 (history)
NEI
National Eye Institute — 1968
The National Eye Institute’s mission is to conduct and support research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to blinding eye diseases, visual disorders, mechanisms of visual function, preservation of sight, and the special health problems and requirements of the blind.
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Angle, Joanne 2006 (history)
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Becker, Bernard 2004 (history)
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Berson, Eliot 2006 (history)
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Caspi, Rachel and Mary Mattapallil 2021 (history)
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Davis, Mike 2005 (history)
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Dowling, John 2004 (history)
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Dowling, John 2006 (history)
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Ellwein, Leon 2005 (history)
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Ferris, Rick 2004 (history)
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Goldstein, Murray 1999 (history)
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Kaufman, Herbert 2005 (history)
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Kennedy, Thomas 2004 (history)
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Kinoshita, Jin 2005 (history)
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Kupfer, Carl 2005 (history)
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Leventhal, Carl 2004 (history)
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Lierman, Terry 2005 (history)
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McManus, Edward 2005 (history)
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Nakajima, Akira 2005 (history)
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Nussenblatt, Robert B. 1990 (history)
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OBrien, Paul 2005 (history)
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Raub, William 2006 (history)
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Ryan, Steve 2006 (history)
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Schepens, Charles L. 2004 (history)
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Sears, Marvin 2006 (history)
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Sherman, John 2004 (history)
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Sherman, John 2005 (history)
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Stein, Judy 2005 (history)
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Straatsma, Bradley 2005 (history)
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Weeks, David 2005 (history)
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Wurtz, Robert H. 2015 (history)
NHLBI
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute — 1976
National Heart and Lung Institute — 1969
National Heart Institute — 1948
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) provides global leadership for a research, training, and education program to promote the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, and blood diseases and enhance the health of all individuals so that they can live longer and more fulfilling lives. The NHLBI stimulates basic discoveries about the causes of disease, enables the translation of basic discoveries into clinical practice, fosters training and mentoring of emerging scientists and physicians, and communicates research advances to the public.
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Adelstein, Robert 2019 (history)
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Agbor-Enoh, Sean 2020 (history)
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Altan-Bonnet, Nihal 2020 (history)
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Axelrod, Julius 1996 A (history)
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Axelrod, Julius 1996 B (history)
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Axelrod, Julius 2003 (history)
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Berger, Robert L. 2002 (history)
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Berliner, Robert W. 2000 (history)
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Berliner, Robert W. 2008 (history)
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Brooks, Bernard 2020 (history)
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Building 3 Video Tour 2001 (history)
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Burg, Maurice B. 2005 (history)
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Burg, Maurice B. 2019 (history)
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Cannon, Richard O. 2019 (history)
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Chernoff, Amoz 1993 (history)
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Childs, Richard 2020 (history)
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Dracup, Kathleen 2009 (history)
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Erb-Alvarez, Julie 2022 (history)
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Glynn, Simone 2021 (history)
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Kanthi, Yogen 2021 (history)
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Keiser, Harry 1998 (history)
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Knutti, Ralph E. 1972 A (history)
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Knutti, Ralph E. 1972 B (history)
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Korn, Edward 2001 (history)
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Korn, Edward 2019 (history)
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Lenfant, Claude 1999 A (history)
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Lenfant, Claude 1999 B (history)
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Lenfant, Claude 1999 C (history)
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Lenfant, Claude 2000 D (history)
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Lenfant, Claude 2000 E (history)
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McIntosh, Charles 2009 (history)
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Neuman, Keir 2020 A (history)
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Neuman, Keir 2020 B (history)
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Nirenberg, Marshall 1984 (history)
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Pastor, Richard 2020 (history)
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Pittman, James A. 1995 (history)
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Reid, Clarice 2002 (history)
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Reid, Clarice 2018 (history)
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Scolnick, Edward 1998 (history)
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Stadtman Earl 2001 A (history)
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Stadtman, Earl 2001 B (history)
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Stadtman, Earl 2001 C (history)
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Stadtman, Earl 2001 D (history)
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Stadtman, Thressa 2001 (history)
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Wen, Han 2020 (history)
NHGRI
National Human Genome Research Institute — 1997
National Center for Human Genome Research — 1989
NHGRI is devoted to advancing health through genome research. The Institute led NIH’s contribution to the Human Genome Project, which was successfully completed in 2003 ahead of schedule and under budget. Building on the foundation laid by the sequencing of the human genome, NHGRI’s work now encompasses a broad range of research aimed at expanding understanding of human biology and improving human health. In addition, a critical part of NHGRI’s mission continues to be the study of the ethical, legal and social implications of genome research.
For NHGRI's oral history collection featuring discussions with influential figures in the field of genomics and the history of the institute, click here.
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Jordan, Elke 2002 (history)
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Wivel, Nelson 1996 (history)
NIA
National Institute on Aging — 1974
NIA leads a national program of research on the biomedical, social, and behavioral aspects of the aging process; the prevention of age-related diseases and disabilities; and the promotion of a better quality of life for all older Americans.
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Khachaturian, Zaven 2022 (history)
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Sauma, Samir 2022 (history)
NIAAA
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism — 1970
NIAAA conducts research focused on improving the treatment and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems to reduce the enormous health, social, and economic consequences of this disease.
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Arroyo, Judith 2020 (history)
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Curtis, Brenda and Lorenzo Leggio 2023 (history)
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Joseph, Paule 2021 (history)
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Ramchandani, Vijay 2021 (history)
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Roumel, Theodore J. 2004 (history)
NIAID
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — 1955
National Microbiological Institute — 1948
NIAID research strives to understand, treat, and ultimately prevent the myriad infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases that threaten millions of human lives.
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Andrews, Justin M. 1964 (history)
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Auchincloss, Hugh 2022 (history)
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Awwad, David 2020 (history)
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Barillas-Mury, Caroline 2020 (history)
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Beeman, Edward S. 2004 (history)
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Bell, E. John 1985 (history)
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Bloom, Marshall 2022 (history)
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Boggiano, Cesar 2020 (history)
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Brish, Peter 1970 (history)
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Burgdorfer, Willy 1986 (history)
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Burruss, Harry 1986 (history)
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Casper, Elizabeth 1985 (history)
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Chanock, Robert 2001 A (history)
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Chanock, Robert 2001 B (history)
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Chanock, Robert 2001 C (history)
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Chertow, Daniel 2021 (history)
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Cheseboro, Bruce 2022 (history)
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Chesebro, Bruce 2004 (history)
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Chin, William 2005 (history)
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Davey, Richard 2021 (history)
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de Wit, Emmie 2021 (history)
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Doria-Rose, Nicole 2022 (history)
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Dunnick, June 2004 (history)
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Fauci, Anthony S. 1986 (history)
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Fauci, Anthony S. 1989 (history)
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Fauci, Anthony S. 1993 (history)
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Fauci, Anthony S. 1998 (history)
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Fauci, Anthony S. 2001 (history)
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Fauci, Anthony S. 2002 (history)
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Fauci, Anthony S. 2022 (history)
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Fischer, Elizabeth 2021 (history)
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Gallin, John 1993 (history)
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Gallin, John 2019 (history)
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Guerrerio, Pamela 2022 (history)
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Hadlow, William 2004 (history)
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Hargett, Mason V. 1985 (history)
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Hartley, Janet 1995 (history)
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Hill, James C. 1988 (history)
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Hohman, Robert 2020 (history)
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Jeffery, Geoffrey 2005 (history)
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Kimball, Harry R. 1997 (history)
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Kindt, Thomas 2023 (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1998 (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1998 B (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1998 C (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1999 D (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1999 E (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1999 F (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1999 G (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1999 H (history)
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Kohls, Glen M. 1985 (history)
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Koup, Richard 2022 (history)
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Krause, Richard 1988 (history)
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Kwon-Chung, Kyung-Joo "June" 2018 (history)
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Laeyendecker, Oliver 2021 (history)
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Lane, Clifford 1990 (history)
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Macher, Abraham 1993 (history)
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Mage, Rose G. 2018 (history)
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Manning, Jessica 2022 (history)
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Mascola, John 2022 (history)
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Metcalfe, Dean D. undated (history)
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Miller, Louis 2020 (history)
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Moss, Bernard 2018 (history)
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Nash, Theodore 2018 (history)
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Notarangelo, Luigi 2021 (history)
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Parkman, Paul D. 2005 (history)
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Pierce, Susan 2020 (history)
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Port, Julia 2021 (history)
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Priola, Suzette A. "Sue" 2004 (history)
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Purcell, Robert 2005 (history)
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Quinn, Thomas C. 1996 (history)
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Race, Richard 2004 (history)
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Redd, Andrew 2021 (history)
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Roederer, Mario 2022 (history)
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Schwan, Tom G 2021 (history)
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Scott, Dana 2021 (history)
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Seder, Robert 2021 (history)
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Sell, Kenneth W. 1982 (history)
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Sell, Kenneth W. 1988 (history)
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Sereti, Irini 2022 (history)
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Shelokov, Alexis 2005 (history)
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Sher, Franklin Alan 2021 (history)
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Strober, Warren 2019 (history)
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Tan, Joshua 2021 (history)
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Warren, McWilson "Mac" 2005 (history)
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Whitescarver, Jack 1990 (history)
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Wong, Doris 2022 (history)
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Wyatt, Richard G. 1990 (history)
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Berger, Edward A. 2017 (history)
NIAMS
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases — 1986
National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases — 1981
National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases — 1972
National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases — 1950
Experimental Biology and Medicine Institute — 1948
NIAMS supports research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research, and the dissemination of information on research progress in these diseases.
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Ames, Bruce 2003 (history)
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Fike, Alice 2021 (history)
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Kaplan, Mariana 2020 (history)
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Katz, Stephen I. (history)
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Metzger, Henry 1998 (history)
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Metzger, Henry 2001 (history)
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Paul, Plotz and Judith 2021 (history)
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Plotz, Paul and Judith 2021 (history)
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Rall, Joseph E. 1998 (history)
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Rall, Joseph Edward 2000 (history)
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Singer, Maxine 1998 (history)
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Strober, Warren 2019 (history)
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Xu, Jianliang 2021 (history)
NIBIB
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering — 2000
The mission of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) is to improve health by leading the development and accelerating the application of biomedical technologies. The Institute is committed to integrating the physical and engineering sciences with the life sciences to advance basic research and medical care.
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Guay-Broder, Colleen 2005 (history)
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Lash, Tiffani 2021 (history)
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Leapman, Richard 2020 (history)
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Nagy, Edward 2005 (history)
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Sadtler, Kaitlyn 2020 (history)
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Shroff, Hari 2020 (history)
NICHD
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development — 1962
NICHD research on fertility, pregnancy, growth, development, and medical rehabilitation strives to ensure that every child is born healthy and wanted and grows up free from disease and disability.
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Alexander, Duane 2005 (history)
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Baldwin, Wendy 2002 (history)
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Basser, Peter 2005 (history)
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Basser, Peter 2020 (history)
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Dever, Thomas 2021 (history)
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Fields, R. Douglas 2015 (history)
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Lee, Sonia 2021 (history)
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Leikin, Sergey 2020 (history)
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Levine, Arthur S. (history)
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Owens, Roland 2023 (history)
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Petersen, Jennifer 2022 (history)
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Saidkhodjaeva, Lola 2021 (history)
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Tingen, Candace 2021 (history)
NIDCD
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders — 1988
NIDCD conducts and supports biomedical research and research training on normal mechanisms as well as diseases and disorders of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language that affect 46 million Americans.
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Fox, Geraldine Dietz 2018 (history)
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Ruben, Robert J. 2018 (history)
NIDCR
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research — 1998
National Institute of Dental Research — 1948
NIDCR provides leadership for a national research program designed to understand, treat, and ultimately prevent the infectious and inherited craniofacial-oral-dental diseases and disorders that compromise millions of human lives.
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Arnold, Francis A., Jr. 1964 A (history)
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Arnold, Francis A., Jr. 1964 C (history)
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Arnold, Francis A., Jr. 1964 D (history)
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Arnold, Francis A., Jr. 1964 E (history)
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Arnold, Francis A., Jr., 1964 B (history)
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Bennett, Gary 1999 (history)
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Brunelle, Janet 1998 (history)
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Dionne, Raymond 1998 (history)
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Fox, Philip C. 1998 (history)
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Gracely, Richard 1998 (history)
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Kenshalo, Daniel 2000 (history)
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Kousvelari, Eleni 1998 (history)
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Laskin, Daniel 1999 (history)
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Max, Mitchell 1999 (history)
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Notkins, Abner L. 2017 (history)
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Ruda, M.A. 1999 (history)
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Warner, Blake 2020 (history)
NIDDK
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases — 1988
National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases — 1981
National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases — 1972
National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases — 1950
Experimental Biology and Medicine Institute — 1948
The mission of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is to conduct and support medical research and research training and to disseminate science-based information on diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases, nutritional disorders, and obesity; and kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases, to improve people’s health and quality of life.
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Afzali, Ben 2021 (history)
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Anfinrud, Philip 2020 (history)
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Bax, Adriaan 2020 (history)
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Bax, Adriaan 2021 (history)
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Becker, Edwin "Ted" 2005 A (history)
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Becker, Edwin "Ted" 2005 B (history)
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Best, Robert 2020 (history)
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Chow, Carson 2020 (history)
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Clore, Marius 2020 (history)
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Cook, Donald and Kenneth Jacobson 2022 (history)
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Daft, Floyd S. 1964 (history)
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Davies, David R. 1999 A (history)
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Davies, David R. 1999 B (history)
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Eaton, William 2020 A (history)
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Eaton, William 2020 B (history)
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Felsenfeld, Gary 1999 (history)
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Felsenfeld, Gary 2019 (history)
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Gellert, Martin 2000 (history)
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Gorden, Phillip 2019 (history)
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Haase, Astrid 2022 (history)
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Kovac, Paul 2019 (history)
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Liang, T. Jake 2020 (history)
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Nirenberg, Marshall 1984 (history)
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Owens, Roland 2023 (history)
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Periwal, Vipul 2020 (history)
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Rall, Joseph E. 1998 (history)
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Rall, Joseph Edward 2000 (history)
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Rodgers, Griffin 2019 (history)
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Rosner, Judah L. 1999 (history)
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Roth, Jesse 2021 (history)
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Schechter, Alan 2001 (history)
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Schechter, Alan 2018 (history)
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Schechter, Alan 2019 (history)
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Schechter, Alan and Geraldine 1998 (history)
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Shiloach, Joseph 2020 (history)
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Singer, Maxine 1998 (history)
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Spiegel, Allen 2019 (history)
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Tabor, Herbert 1993 (history)
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Tabor, Herbert 2017 (history)
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Tabor, Herbert 2019 C (history)
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Tycko, Robert 2020 (history)
NIDA
National Institute on Drug Abuse — 1974
The mission of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is to advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health.
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Boone, Ericka 2022 (history)
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Curtis, Brenda and Lorenzo Leggio 2023 (history)
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Preston, Kenzie L. 2022 (history)
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Su, Tsung-Ping 2022 (history)
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Volkow, Nora 2005 (history)
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Volkow, Nora 2020 (history)
NIEHS
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences — 1969
The mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is to discover how the environment affects people in order to promote healthier lives.
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Barrett, Carl J. 2004 (history)
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Birnbaum, Linda 2021 (history)
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Borgnia, Mario 2020 (history)
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Bucher, John 2003 (history)
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Cannon, Ronald 2003 (history)
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Cidlowski, John 2017 (history)
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Cook, Donald and Kenneth Jacobson 2022 (history)
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Dunnick, June 2004 (history)
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Eastin, William C. "Skip" 2004 (history)
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Eling, Thomas 2017 (history)
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French, John "Jef" 2003 (history)
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Huff, James 2004 (history)
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Johnson, Frank 2004 (history)
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Korach, Kenneth 2004 (history)
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Kotin, Paul 2000 (history)
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Kunkel, Thomas 2017 (history)
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Lucier, George W. 2004 (history)
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Maronpot, Robert R. 2004 (history)
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Mason, Ronald 2017 (history)
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Melnick, Ronald 2004 (history)
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Miller, Frederick 2020 (history)
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Motsinger-Reif, Alison 2020 (history)
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NIEHS Worker’s Training Program (history)
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Olden, Kenneth 2004 A (history)
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Olden, Kenneth 2004 B (history)
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Olden, Kenneth 2004 C (history)
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Olden, Kenneth 2005 (history)
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Olden, Kenneth 2009 (history)
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Portier, Chris 2004 (history)
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Rall, David P. 1990 (history)
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Rall, David P. 1997 (history)
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Roberts, Georgia 2022 (history)
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Rogan, Walter 2016 (history)
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Sassaman, Anne 2004 (history)
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Schwetz, Bern 2004 (history)
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Shelby, Michael 2004 (history)
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Stanley, Robin 2020 (history)
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Tennant, Ray 2003 (history)
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Wilcox, Allen (history)
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Wilson, Samuel 2004 (history)
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Witt, Kristine 2004 (history)
NIGMS
National Institute of General Medical Sciences — 1962
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) supports basic research that increases understanding of biological processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention. NIGMS-funded scientists investigate how living systems work at a range of levels, from molecules and cells to tissues, whole organisms and populations. The Institute also supports research in certain clinical areas, primarily those that affect multiple organ systems. To assure the vitality and continued productivity of the research enterprise, NIGMS provides leadership in training the next generation of scientists, in enhancing the diversity of the scientific workforce, and in developing research capacities throughout the country.
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Chen, Philip S. 2001 A (history)
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Chen, Philip S. 2001 B (history)
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Chen, Philip S. 2001 C (history)
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Chen, Philip S. 2001 D (history)
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Chen, Philip S. 2001 E (history)
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Chen, Philip S. 2001 F (history)
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Chen, Philip S. 2005 G (history)
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Greenberg, Judith 2022 (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1998 (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1998 B (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1998 C (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1999 D (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1999 E (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1999 F (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1999 G (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 1999 H (history)
NIMH
National Institute of Mental Health — 1949
NIMH provides national leadership dedicated to understanding, treating, and preventing mental illnesses through basic research on the brain and behavior, and through clinical, epidemiological, and services research.
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Anthony, Bruno 2002 (history)
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Berman, Erin 2021 (history)
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Berman, Karen 2005 (history)
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Birren, James E. 2002 (history)
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Blair, James 2005 (history)
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Blough, Donald 2001 (history)
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Botwinick, Jack 2001 (history)
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Brotman, Melissa 2022 (history)
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Carlson, Virgil 2002 (history)
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Chuang, De-Maw 2015 (history)
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Cohen, Robert A. 2002 A (history)
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Cohen, Robert A. 2002 B (history)
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Cohen, Robert A. 2002 C (history)
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Cohen, Robert M. 2005 (history)
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Coppola, Richard 2002 (history)
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Davies, David R. 1999 A (history)
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Davies, David R. 1999 B (history)
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Dowling-Smith, Jessie P. undated (history)
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Edgerton, Jesse Wilbert 1999 (history)
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Goldberg, Elkhonon 2002 (history)
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Goldston, Stephen 1999 (history)
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Handlon, Joseph H. 2002 (history)
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Hyman, Steve 2001 (history)
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Ingraham, Loring 2002 (history)
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Innis, Robert 2005 (history)
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Katz, Martin 1995 (history)
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Katz, Martin 2001 B (history)
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Katz, Martin 2007 (history)
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Kety, Seymour S. 1995 (history)
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Knee, Ruth no date (history)
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Lewis, Krystal 2021 (history)
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Mann, Lee S. 2002 (history)
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Mirsky, Allan F. 2001 A (history)
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Mirsky, Allan F. 2001 B (history)
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Mirsky, Allan F. 2002 (history)
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Mishkin, Mortimer 2001 B (history)
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Mishkin, Mortimer 2002 (history)
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Murray, Elisabeth 2002 (history)
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NIH Childrens School 2021 (history)
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Pao, Maryland 2021 (history)
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Parloff, Morris 2002 A (history)
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Parloff, Morris 2002 B (history)
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Parloff, Morris 2002 C (history)
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Pine, Daniel S. 2005 (history)
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Rapoport, Judith 2017 (history)
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Rapoport, Stanley 2021-2 (history)
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Roumel, Theodore J. 2004 (history)
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Shakow, David 1976 (history)
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Silberman, Edward 2002 (history)
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Sokoloff, Louis 2005 (history)
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Streicher, Eugene 2002 (history)
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Ungerleider, Leslie 2002 (history)
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Weinberger, Daniel 2005 (history)
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Zahn, Theodore Paul 2001 (history)
NIMHD
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities — 2010
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities — 2000
Office of Research on Minority Health — 1993
The mission of NIMHD is to lead scientific research to improve minority health and eliminate health disparities. To accomplish its mission, NIMHD plans, reviews, coordinates, and evaluates all minority health and health disparities research and activities of the National Institutes of Health; conducts and supports research in minority health and health disparities; promotes and supports the training of a diverse research workforce; translates and disseminates research information; and fosters innovative collaborations and partnerships.
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Arroyo, Judith 2020 (history)
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Hooper, Monica Webb 2020 (history)
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Strassle, Paula 2022 (history)
NINDS
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke — 1988
National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke — 1975
National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke — 1968
National Institute of Neurological Diseases — 1968
National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness — 1950
The mission of NINDS is to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease. To accomplish this goal the NINDS supports and conducts basic, translational, and clinical research on the normal and diseased nervous system. The Institute also fosters the training of investigators in the basic and clinical neurosciences, and seeks better understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neurological disorders.
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Brody, David and Thomas Esparza 2021 (history)
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Brown, Paul 2004 (history)
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Enoch, Jay 2006 (history)
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Gibbs, Joseph 2000 (history)
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Hallet, Mark 2005 (history)
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Koretsky, Alan 2005 (history)
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Koroshetz, Walter 2022 (history)
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Nath, Avindra 2021 (history)
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Robbins, Norman 2021 (history)
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Roll-Mecak, Antonina 2020 (history)
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Streicher, Eugene 2002 (history)
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Walitt, Brian 2021 (history)
NINR
National Institute of Nursing Research — 1986
National Center for Nursing Research — 1986
The mission of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) is to promote and improve the health of individuals, families, communities, and populations. NINR supports and conducts clinical and basic research and research training on health and illness across the lifespan to build the scientific foundation for clinical practice, prevent disease and disability, manage and eliminate symptoms caused by illness, and improve palliative and end-of-life care.
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Aaronson, Lauren 2009 (history)
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Aiken, Linda 2008 (history)
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Aiken, Linda 2009 (history)
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Bulger, Roger 2008 (history)
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Dracup, Kathleen 2009 (history)
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Elliott, Jo Eleanor 2008 (history)
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Felton, Geraldene 2008 (history)
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Grady, Christine 1997 (history)
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Grady, Patricia 2009 (history)
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Grey, Margaret 2009 (history)
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Heinrich, Janet 2008 A (history)
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Heinrich, Janet 2008 B (history)
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Heinrich, Janet 2008 C (history)
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Hinds, Pamela 2009 (history)
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Hinshaw, Ada Sue 2008 A (history)
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Hinshaw, Ada Sue 2008 B (history)
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Hinshaw, Ada Sue 2009 (history)
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Joseph, Paule 2021 (history)
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Kirschstein, Ruth L. 2008 I (history)
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Kreskow, Joy 2022 (history)
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Larson, Elaine 2009 (history)
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Merritt, Doris 2008 (history)
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Moritz, Patricia 2008 (history)
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Raub, William 2008 (history)
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Ross, Alexander 2021 (history)
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Rudy, Ellen 2008 (history)
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Walitt, Brian 2021 (history)
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Woods, Nancy 2008 (history)
NLM
National Library of Medicine — 1956
Armed Forces Medical Library — 1836
NLM collects, organizes, and makes available biomedical science information to scientists, health professionals, and the public. The Library’s Web-based databases, including PubMed/Medline and MedlinePlus, are used extensively around the world. NLM conducts and supports research in biomedical communications; creates information resources for molecular biology, biotechnology, toxicology, and environmental health; and provides grant and contract support for training, medical library resources, and biomedical informatics and communications research.
The Archives and Modern Manuscript Program's (AMMP) Oral History Collections cover a broad range of topics, people and institutions from throughout the medical and health sciences: National Library of Medicine
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Demner-Fushman, Dina 2021 (history)
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Taylor, Robin 2021 (history)
NIH Centers
CC
NIH Clinical Center — 1953
The NIH Clinical Center, America’s research hospital, provides a versatile clinical research environment enabling the NIH mission to improve human health by investigating the pathogenesis of disease; conducting first-in-human clinical trials with an emphasis on rare diseases and diseases of high public health impact; developing state-of-the-art diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic interventions; training the current and next generations of clinical researchers; and, ensuring that clinical research is ethical, efficient, and of high scientific quality.
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Alter, Harvey 1998 (history)
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Alter, Harvey 2002 (history)
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Baird, Barbara 1993 (history)
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Baxley, Kathleen 2022 (history)
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Brandon, Zavera 2021 (history)
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Chan, Judy 2021 (history)
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Chan, Leighton 2022 (history)
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Chertow, Daniel 2021 (history)
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Cichocki, Annie 2021 (history)
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Cox, Robert 2021 (history)
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DeCederfelt, Richard 2022 (history)
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Drinkard, Bart 2021 (history)
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Elinoff, Jason 2021 (history)
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Fike, Alice 2021 (history)
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Flannigan, Ila 2022 (history)
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Fleisher, Thomas A. 2020 (history)
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Gallin, John 1993 (history)
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Gallin, John 2019 (history)
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Gilman, James 2022 (history)
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Grady, Christine 1997 (history)
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Henderson, David 1996 (history)
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Henderson, David 2003 (history)
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Henderson, David 2020 (history)
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Henderson, David 2020 B (history)
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Hertz, Roy 1998 (history)
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Kent, Therese 2021 (history)
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Klein, Harvey G. 1993 (history)
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Klein, Harvey G. 2012 (history)
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Klein, Harvey G. 2020 (history)
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Krack, Janell 2021 (history)
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Lembo, Robert 2022 (history)
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Lingenfelter, Walter 2010 (history)
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Masur, Henry 1989 (history)
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Masur, Henry 2021 (history)
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Masur, Jack 1963 (history)
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Matthews, Cheryl 2022 (history)
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NIH Childrens School 2021 (history)
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Rosen, Saul 1997 (history)
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Strich, Jeffery 2020 (history)
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Suffredini, Anthony 2021 (history)
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Turner, Chris 2021 (history)
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Wallen, Gwenyth 2022 (history)
CIT
Center for Information Technology — 1998
Division of Computer Research and Technology — 1964
CIT incorporates the power of modern computers into the biomedical programs and administrative procedures of the NIH by focusing on three primary activities: conducting computational bioscience research, developing computer systems, and providing computer facilities.
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CSR
Center for Scientific Review — 1997
Division of Research Grants — 1946
The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) is the portal for NIH grant applications and their review for scientific merit. CSR organizes the peer review groups or study sections that evaluate the majority (70%) of the research grant applications sent to NIH. CSR also receives all grant applications for NIH, as well as for some other components of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Since 1946, the CSR mission has remained clear and timely: to see that NIH grant applications receive fair, independent, expert, and timely reviews — free from inappropriate influences — so NIH can fund the most promising research.
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Bunnag, Bill 2023 (history)
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Herman, Samuel 1995 (history)
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Kenshalo, Daniel 2000 (history)
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Malone, Thomas 1998 (history)
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Mann, Lee S. 2002 (history)
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Walter, William 1995 (history)
FIC
Fogarty International Center — 1968
FIC promotes and supports scientific research and training internationally to reduce disparities in global health.
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NCATS
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences — 2011
The mission of NCATS is to catalyze the generation of innovative methods and technologies that will enhance the development, testing, and implementation of diagnostics and therapeutics across a wide range of human diseases and conditions.
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Dunsmore, Sarah 2021 (history)
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Hall, Matthew 2021 (history)
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Kelly, Andrew 2021 (history)
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Pariser, Anne 2021 (history)
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Portilla, Lili 2020 (history)
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Rutter, Joni 2022 (history)
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Simeonov, Anton 2022 (history)
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Xia, Menghang and Ruili Huang 2022 (history)
NCCIH
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health — 2014
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine — 1998
Office of Alternative Medicine — 1992
The mission of NCCIH is to define, through rigorous scientific investigation, the usefulness and safety of complementary and integrative health interventions and their roles in improving health and health care.
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Jonas, Wayne 1996 (history)
Hygienic Laboratory — 1887
The Hygienic Laboratory of the Marine Hospital Service was the precursor agency to the NIH. In 1930, the name of the Hygienic Laboratory was changed to the National Institute of Health (then singular) by the Ransdell Act.
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Chappelear, Edith McCoy 2003 (history)
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Evans, Alice C. 1963 (history)
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Jellison, William L. undated A (history)
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Leake, James P. 1966 (history)
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Pittman, Margaret 1988 (history)
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Rosenthal, Sanford M. 1981 (history)
Other
Sometimes in the search for historical resources, we interview people not at the NIH, but whose work intersected with that of NIH staff. These institutions include the Food and Drug Administration and other government and private organizations.
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Angle, Joanne 2006 (history)
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Arias, Irwin 2017 (history)
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Aronson, David 2002 (history)
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Barker, Lewellys 2002 (history)
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Bateman, Lucinda 2023 (history)
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Beutler, Ernest 2002 (history)
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Brody, David and Thomas Esparza 2021 (history)
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Burruss, Harry 1986 (history)
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Castro, Oswaldo 2001 (history)
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Charache, Samuel 2002 (history)
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Contrera, Joseph 2003 (history)
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Curran, James W. 1998 (history)
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Deslys, Jean-Philippe 2005 (history)
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Dowling, John 2004 (history)
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Dowling, John 2006 (history)
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Goldberg, Elkhonon 2002 (history)
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Gulezian, Donna 2003 (history)
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Hall, Melissa 2021 (history)
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Hardy, Janet B. 2002 (history)
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Jason, Leonard 2023 (history)
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Kascak, Richard 2004 (history)
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Koop, Everett C. 1993 (history)
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Kornberg, Arthur 2003 (history)
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Lindenbaum, Shirley 2004 (history)
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Lingenfelter, Walter 2010 (history)
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Lorentzen, Ron 2003 (history)
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Merz, Patricia A. 2004 (history)
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Nelson-Rees, Walter 1994 (history)
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Piot, Peter 2008 (history)
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Piot, Peter 2009 (history)
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Piot, Peter 2010 (history)
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Roumel, Theodore J. 2004 (history)
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Sieverts, Michael 2023 (history)
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Vernon, Suzanne 2023 (history)
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Williams, Karen 2023 (history)
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