The John E. Fogarty International Center was founded in 1968 by US President

Lyndon Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...

at the

National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the late ...

to support international medical and behavioral research and to train international researchers.

History

On July 1, 1968, President

issued an Executive Order establishing the

John E. Fogarty John Edward Fogarty (March 23, 1913 – January 10, 1967) was a United States Congress, Congressman from Rhode Island for 26 years. He was a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. John Edward Fogarty was influential in ...

International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences at the

(NIH) in order to support international medical and behavioral research and to train international researchers. In March 2017, the

Trump Administration Donald Trump's tenure as the List of presidents of the United States, 45th president of the United States began with Inauguration of Donald Trump, his inauguration on January 20, 2017, and ended on January 20, 2021. Trump, a Republican Party ...

proposed cuts to the NIH budget, including elimination of the Fogarty Center, saving $69 million.Donald G. McNeil Jr
Trump Plan Eliminates a Global Sentinel Against Disease, Experts Warn
New York Times, 17 March 2017, retrieved 12 July 2018

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