In 1930, the Ransdell Act changed the name of the Hygienic Laboratory to National Institute (singular) of Health…
In 1930, Ernest Everett Just, an African American biologist, became the first American to be invited to the…
In 1930, the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) was established, funded…
In 1929, Hoffman-La Roche outgrew its New York offices, prompting the development of a new plant in Nutley,…
In 1928, the sword symbol of the Americal Cancer Society (ASCC) came from a 1928 nationwide poster contest…
In 1928, Dr. Eaton MacKay was invited from Stanford University to become the first director of research at…
In 1928, The University of Oregon Medical School takes over operation of Doernbecher Hospital. Frank Doernbecher was a…
In 1926, a statue of Balto, the heroic lead dog in the Iditarod Trail, used to transport diphtheria…
In 1926, The University of Oregon established a five-year program leading to a degree in nursing. The following…
In 1926, Dr. William Branch Porter was named the first full-time professor of medicine at the Medical College…
On Nov. 14, 1925, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents filed the charter for the Wisconsin Alumni…
On Jun. 22, 1925, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents officially established the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation…
In 1925, The Medical College of Virginia pharmacy curriculum extended to three years.
In 1925, the Cook County Hospital treated nearly 42,000 patients, and a new building program began at a…
On Dec. 11, 1924, The Scripps Metabolic Clinic, a predecessor of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), was founded…
On May 30, 1923, movie star Rudolph Valentino visited Seattle’s Children’s Orthopedic Hospital during his only known visit…
In 1923, the Priestley Medal, named for Joseph Priestley, was awarded for first time by the American Chemical…
On Nov. 10, 1922, Carl Voegtlin, J. M. Johnson, and Helen Dyer announced they had co-published an article…
In 1921, Frederick Banting and Charles Best who extracted the hormone insulin from the pancreas’ of dogs in…
In 1920, The Portland School of Social Work begins offering courses in public health nursing. The University of…
In 1919, Dr. Louis T. Wright became the first African American physician at Harlem Hospital. Wright earned a…
On Sep. 26, 1918, Boston’s health commissioner Dr. William C. Woodward issued a closure order for theaters, movie…
In 1914, Yale University received an endowment from the Anna M. R. Lauder family to establish a chair…
In 1915, Asa Candler, the founder of The Coca-Cola Company and brother to former Emory University President Warren…
In 1914, Walter L. Treadway conducted first Hygienic Laboratory survey on mental health studying the role of public…
In 1914, rabies vaccine was first licensed in the U.S. The H. K. Mulford Company, founded in Philadelphia…
In 1914, University of Minnesota president Dr. George E. Vincent approached Drs. William and Charles Mayo to form…
In 1914, Listerine was introduced as an antiseptic. Listerine was first formulated in 1879 by chemist Joseph Lawrence…
In 1913, the first known article on cancer’s warning signs was published in the popular women’s magazine (Ladies’…
In 1913, a group of volunteers, spurred by compassion to help those afflicted with tuberculosis, established the Jewish…