Eminent NIHers Gallery
NIH researchers have made major contributions to health and basic medical science for more than 100 years. These include more than 20 winners of the Nobel Prize, more than 30 winners of the Lasker Award, and more than 200 members of the prestigious U.S. National Academies. The NIH Legends Collection is a project to gather oral, video, and peer-reviewed written histories, obituaries, biographies, and photographs of these remarkable individuals.
We hope this growing collection provides a more in-depth perspective of a select group of NIH researchers of years past. For a complete list of active NIH principal investigators, refer to https://irp.nih.gov/pi.
Please note that NIH History Office does not own most of the resources gathered in this collection, and many items may be copyrighted.
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Alter, M.D., is an NIH physician-scientist and virologist best known for his work that led to the discovery of hepatitis B and C. He dedicated his career to making blood transfusions safer.
Anfinsen, M.D., began as a biochemist at the National Heart Institute and was soon appointed the Chief of the Laboratory of Chemical Biology at what is now NIDDK. In 1972, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on protein folding
Charles Armstrong
One of the first scientists assigned to the National Institute of Health in 1930, Armstrong is known for his work on polio and other infectious diseases like botulism, influenza, syphilis, tetanus, milk-borne epidemics, dengue, and encephalitis.
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