John E. Fogarty International Center

John Edward Fogarty International Center

Agency overview
Formed	July 1, 1968
Headquarters	Bethesda, Maryland
Parent agency	National Institutes of Health
Website	www.fic.nih.gov

The John E. Fogarty International Center was founded in 1968 by US President Lyndon Johnson at the National Institutes of Health to support international medical and behavioral research and to train international researchers.^{[ citation needed ]}

History

On July 1, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson issued an Executive Order establishing the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in order to support international medical and behavioral research and to train international researchers. ^[1] In March 2017, the Trump administration proposed cuts to the NIH budget, including elimination of the Fogarty Center, saving $69 million. ^[2]

Congressional appropriations to the FIC ^{[3] [4]}
Fiscal years 1980–2019

Directors

Past directors from 1968 - present ^[5]

No.	Portrait	Director	Took office	Left office	Refs.
1		Milo D. Leavitt, Jr.	June 16, 1968	June 30, 1978
2		Leon Jacobs	July 1, 1978	June 29, 1979	[6]
acting		Edwin D. Becker	July 1979	April 1980	[7]
acting		Vida H. Beaven	April 1980	January 1981	[8]
3		Claude Lenfant	February 1981	July 1982	[9]
acting		Mark S. Beaubien	July 1, 1982	January 1984	[10]
4		Craig K. Wallace	January 19, 1984	December 1987	[11]
acting		Carl Kupfer	January 1, 1988	July 1988	[12]
5		Philip E. Schambra	August 1998	September 30, 1998	[13]
6		Gerald T. Keusch	October 1, 1998	December 31, 2003	[14]
acting		Sharon H. Hrynkow	January 1, 2004	May 2006
7		Roger I. Glass	June 11, 2006	January 14, 2023	[15] [16]
acting		Peter Kilmarx	January 15, 2023	May 4, 2024
8		Kathleen Neuzil	May 5, 2024	Present	[17]

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from John E. Fogarty International Center. United States Department of Health and Human Services.

1. "Fogarty International Center". Archived from the original on 12 September 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
2. Donald G. McNeil Jr. Trump Plan Eliminates a Global Sentinel Against Disease, Experts Warn New York Times, 17 March 2017, retrieved 12 July 2018
3. "Appropriations (Section 2)". National Institutes of Health (NIH). 25 March 2019.
4. "NIH — Office of Budget" (PDF). officeofbudget.od.nih.gov.
5. "FIC Directors". www.nih.gov. 10 July 2015.
6. "FIC Director Dr. Jacobs Retires" (PDF). The NIH Record. July 11, 1979. pp. 1, 11.
7. "Becker Named NIH Asso. Director For Research Services" (PDF). The NIH Record. March 18, 1980. pp. 1, 7.
8. "Dr. Beaven Will Serve As Acting Director, FIC" (PDF). The NIH Record. May 13, 1980. pp. 1, 10.
9. "Dr. Lenfant Becomes Heart Inst. Director" (PDF). The NIH Record. July 6, 1982. pp. 1, 7.
10. "Dr. M. Beaubien Named Acting FIC Director" (PDF). The NIH Record. July 20, 1982. p. 5.
11. "Dr. Craig K. Wallace Appointed Director, FIC" (PDF). The NIH Record. January 31, 1984. p. 7.
12. "Wallace Joins OD; Kupfer Named Acting FIC Director" (PDF). The NIH Record. January 12, 1988. p. 9.
13. Bryant, Jim (July 26, 1988). "Schambra To Direct FIC" (PDF). The NIH Record. p. 12.
14. "Tufts' Keusch Takes Reins at FIC" (PDF). The NIH Record. October 6, 1998. pp. 1, 2.
15. Makulowich, John (June 2, 2006). "Glass Assumes Leadership of Fogarty Center" (PDF). The NIH Record. pp. 1, 4.
16. Scutti, Susan (February 17, 2023). "FIC's Director Glass Steps Down". The NIH Record.
17. "Kathleen Maletic Neuzil, MD, MPH, Director, Fogarty International Center". Fogarty International Center.

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