Bibliographies and References

National Institutes of Health - General Interest

NIH Components - Institutes/Offices

NIH Webcasts of Historical Interest

NIH Video
A multimedia overview of NIH.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the NIH campus in Bethesda, 1940 (mp3 Audio file). NB: For the text of this speech, see page 48 of the "70 Acres of Science" ebook on this website.

Origins of the National Institutes of Health: The Flags and Organizations under Which It Has Served
An exhibit prepared for the NIH Centennial observance in 1987.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Information about NIH's parent agency.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) History
• FDA History
• Federal Health Information Commonly requested information about health.
• "If You Knew the Conditions...": Health Care to Native Americans
• Images from the History of the Public Health Service: a Photographic Exhibit
• Public Health Service Bicentennial Website
• Public Health Service History

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• Lisa Walker , " From Discovery to Control: History of Live Virus Vaccines at NIAID's Laboratory of Infectious Diseases," June 1, 2006

• Claudia Wassmann, " Imaging the Brain, Finding Emotion: A History of Brain Imaging and Research in Emotion at the NIH," January 24, 2006.

• Leo Slater, "A History of Service: Malaria Research at NIAID," November 8, 2005.

• Victoria A. Harden, "'An Indescribable Experience': NIH Researchers and the AIDS Epidemic, 1981-1990," September 22, 2005.

• Maya Ponte, "Surprising Prions: New Twists in the Tale of a Novel Infectious Agent," July 11, 2005.

• Thomas Söderqvist, "The Seven Virtues of Biography, or: What's the Use of Biographies of Life Scientists?" September 21, 2004.

• Sara Shostak, "Pathways to Public Health: Research with Genetically Modified Mouse Models at the NIEHS," July 8, 2004.
• "A Celebration of Nursing at the Clinical Center: A conversation with Vernice Ferguson," May 6, 2004.
• Maxine Singer, "George Beadle and the Emergence of Genetics as a Molecular Science," February 17, 2004.
• Valerie Williams, "From Bedside-to-Bench and Back: A History of the First Effective Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease," November 4, 2003.
• Alan Kraut, "Goldberger's War: The Life and Work of a Public Health Crusader," September 22, 2003.
• NICHD 40th anniversary Hall of Honor induction, September 22, 2003.
• Jessie Saul, "Blood Safety at NIH: The history of blood safety practices, policies, and property at NIH, 1945-2003." June 17, 2003.
• "NIMH and NINDB Intramural Research in the 1950s," April 11, 2003.
• "Julie at 90: A Symposium in Honor of the Lifetime Achievements of Dr. Julius Axelrod in Biomedical Sciences," May 31, 2002.
• Donald Fredrickson, "Recombinant DNA: Science, Politics, and the Public Interest, 1974-1981," December 11, 2001.
• David Cantor, "Radium and the Origins of the National Cancer Institute," June 28, 2001.