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  1. Joseph James Kinyoun (November 25, 1860 – February 14, 1919) was an American physician and the founder of the United States' Hygienic Laboratory, the predecessor of the National Institutes of Health.

  2. This Web portal explores the fascinating life story of Joe Kinyoun, the acknowledged Father of NIH, and the crucible of social, scientific, and political forces during his time that were associated with the dawn of the microbial era in the United States.

  3. Dr. Joseph J. KinyounFather of the NIH. In 1887, Dr. Joseph James Kinyoun founded the Hygienic Laboratory, from which the National Institutes of Health (NIH) evolved. This Web portal explores the fascinating life story of Joe Kinyoun, the acknowledged Father of the NIH, and the crucible of social, scientific, and political forces during his ...

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  5. Dr. Joseph Kinyoun The Indispensable Forgotten Man, Background. In 1793, only 10 years after the Revolutionary War ended, Caribbean ships imported devastating yellow fever epidemics that caused up to 10 percent mortality in major U.S. port cities. Historians claim that these epidemics and the fear they engendered forever stamped the American ...

  6. Aug 6, 2015 · Director, Hygienic Laboratory, August 1887 - April 30, 1899. Joseph James Kinyoun, M.D. Founder and director of the Hygienic Laboratory, Dr. Joseph J. Kinyoun introduced scientific research into the Marine Hospital Service. His interest in bacteriology and his isolation of the cholera organism laid the groundwork for the present health research ...

  7. Jun 26, 2012 · This minireview examines Joseph James Kinyoun (1860 to 1919), the 1887 founder of a federal Hygienic Laboratory that is considered the direct ancestor of the modern NIH, and explores the development of NIH as it was shaped by, and in turn shaped, the new field of microbiology. Go to: Introduction.

  8. Marine-Hospital Service. As NIH marks its 125th anniversary in August, the agency is remembering its founder and humble beginnings as a one-person, one-room "Hygienic Laboratory" on New York's Staten Island. Dr. Joseph J. Kinyoun, an early pioneer of international research collaborations and a key figure in the annals of medicine, is not widely ...

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