Scientists and health care professionals do not work in a vacuum.
Research and health care are labor-intensive, expensive efforts
that require the support of the community as a whole. Key to
these efforts are the philanthropists, political leaders, and
others who provide resources, remove barriers, and spearhead
projects that improve the health of the nation and the world.
- Alan Gregg
Alan Gregg (1890-1957) was a career Rockefeller Foundation officer, and a leader in the fields of public health, medical education
and research.
(Available March 2008; announcement, updated January 2010, July 2011, January 2012)
- Mary Lasker
Mary Lasker (1900-1994) was co-founder of the Lasker Foundation which fosters prevention and treatment of disease by honoring
excellence in basic and clinical science. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal
for her work.
(Available June 2007; press release, updated March 2008, January 2010, July 2011, January 2012)
- Regional Medical Programs
The Regional Medical Programs began with President Lyndon Johnson's establishment of the Commission on Heart Disease,
Cancer and Stroke in 1964. It concluded in 1976. The goal was "to speed miracles of medical research from the laboratory
to the bedside."
(Available 1994, updated December 1999, April 2000, December 2005, July 2006, December 2006, May 2007, March 2008, January 2010, July 2011, January 2012)
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